Happy Tuesday!
Laura Sayer snapped today’s featured image of the crowd enjoying a performance at Sunshine Music Festival on September 3. The two-day event was held at Palm Beach Regional Park.
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On this day:
In 1522, Victoria, the Spanish ship on an expedition led and captained by Ferdinand Magellan, completed a circumnavigation of the world that began in 1519. Magellan died during the voyage, in the Philippines in 1521.
In 1995, baseball player Cal Ripken set the Major League Baseball record for playing in consecutives games, at 2,131, breaking the mark set by Lou Gehrig in 1939. Ripken played his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles.
In 1997, six days after she died in a Paris car accident, a funeral was held for Princess Diana in London.
Today’s weather:
Tuesday, September 6, is expected to be sunny with a high of 22 degrees Celsius. The forecast calls for cloudy periods in the evening and a low of 12 degrees. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
City of Powell River Council has approved issuance of a temporary use permit for a naturopathic doctor to locate her office in an industrial business park rental unit on Duncan Street.
Meanwhile…
While shortages of trained paramedics have been making headlines around the province, innovative solutions are being found locally.
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