Happy Wednesday!
Paul den Ouden submitted today’s featured image of a bald eagle perched on driftwood stuck in the rocks of the south harbour breakwater in Westview earlier this month.
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On this day:
In 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp, two of his brothers and “Doc” Holliday met members of Ike Clanton’s gang, three of whom were killed in the incident, in a gunfight at the OK Corral. Earp’s brothers and Holliday were wounded.
In 1984, the film that led to several sequels, The Terminator, directed by Canadian James Cameron and starring future California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, premiered in theatres.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and clouds, with periods of rain beginning late in the afternoon, is in the forecast for Wednesday, October 26, as is a high of nine degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of six 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…
More than 600 School District 47 students travelled out to the Alex Dobler Centre at Lang Creek to attend a salmon education exposition.
Meanwhile…
Retiring Powell River mayor Dave Formosa looks back on his 14 years in office.
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