Happy Wednesday!
Brandon Frey submitted today’s featured photos, taken at Kinsmen Beach near the Shinglemill on Powell Lake, as a coven of witches set out on a paddleboarding excursion.
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On this day:
In 1962, The debut single, "Love Me Do", from The Beatles first album, Please Please Me, was released.
Also in 1962, the premiere of Dr. No marked the first on-screen appearance for the character James Bond, played by Sean Connery.
In 1984, the first Canadian astronaut, Marc Garneau, was aboard the space shuttle Challenger when it took off an eight-day mission.
In 2011, Steve Jobs, who co-founded technology company Apple, died in California at the age of 56.
Today’s weather:
Wednesday, October 5, is expected to be sunny with a high of 20 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of 10 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…
On September 29, members of BC Highway Patrol travelled to Powell River for a joint traffic enforcement operation, targeting impaired driving and other high risk driving offences.
Meanwhile…
More than half of British Columbians say it is becoming less affordable to feed themselves, according to a new survey.
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