Happy Tuesday!
We reached into Peak archives for today’s featured image, from October of 1997, when Eric Wikman showed off his award-winning, 217-pound pumpkin at the Gillies Bay Farmers’ Market. How's your pumpkin patch looking this year?
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On this day:
In 1867, the United States of America paid $7.2 million to Russia for Alaska. Residents celebrate Alaska Day each October 18.
In 1931, inventor Thomas Edison died at the age of 84.
In 1967, Venera 4, lauched by the Soviet Union, entered the atmosphere of Earth’s closest planetary neighbour, Venus, becoming the probe from earth to do so on any planet in the solar system.
Today’s weather:
Tuesday, October 18, is expected to be mainly sunny with a high of 18 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of eight 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…
Here are the unofficial City of Powell River Council results from the October 15 election.
Meanwhile…
Preliminary municipal election voting totals for qathet Regional District (qRD) areas A , B and C were released on October 16.
Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.
