Happy Wednesday!
Joyce Carlson submitted today’s feature image of the view from a cabin on Powell Lake, looking north from the east side of Goat Island.
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On this day:
In 1931, Canadian hockey legend Jean Béliveau was born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec. The hall-of-fame centre won 10 Stanley Cups as a player, plus another seven serving as an executive, all with the Montreal Canadiens. He died in 2014.
In 1939, the first Marvel Comics issue, which featured the Human Torch, was published.
Today’s weather:
Wednesday, August 31, is expected to be sunny with a high of 29 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of 15 degrees in the evening. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Peak columnist Grant Lawrence recently returned from hiatus with chapter 13 of Wild Pick, The life and adventures of Linda Syms, oyster farmer of Desolation Sound. If you need to start from the beginning, check out chapter one.
Meanwhile…
Day-care operator Marjorie Jones’s efforts to fully operate her qathet region day-care centres is being thwarted by a backlog in the federal immigration department.
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