Happy Wednesday!
Peak reporter Paul Galinski snapped today’s featured image, taken recently at the Willingdon Beach Campsite.
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On this day:
In 1957, legendary Montreal Canadiens forward Maurice “Rocket” Richard scored his 500th goal, becoming the first National Hockey League player to accomplish the feat. He scored the goal on fellow hockey hall of famer Glenn Hall of the Chicago Blackhawks. At the time, no other player had reached 400 career goals.
Today’s weather:
Wednesday, October 19, is expected to be mainly sunny with a high of 17 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of 11 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…
Two hikers who ingested wild mushrooms faced complications and had to be evacuated from Walt Hill using the services of Powell River Search and Rescue and North Shore Rescue.
Meanwhile…
Powell River Regals met old rivals Penticton Silver Bullets for the first time in nearly three decades last weekend, and the two teams will face off again this Friday and Saturday at Hap Parker Arena.
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