Happy Tuesday!
Regular photo of the day contributor Yolanda Gravnic submitted today’s featured image, taken at Myrtle Rocks earlier this month.
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On this day:
In 1497, Portugal’s Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope on his first voyage to India from Europe.
In 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald fatally shot United States president John F. Kennedy, who was being transported in an open-topped vehicle in Dallas, Texas.
In 1972, Pittsburgh Penguins scored five times at home against St. Louis Blues in a span of two minutes and seven seconds to set a National Hockey League record for the fastest five goals scored in a game.
Today’s weather:
A 40 per cent chance of rain is in the forecast for Tuesday, November 22, as is a high of eight degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of three 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…
BC Ferries will not continue with its so-called triangle route, which involves Salish-class ferries stopping at Texada Island to pick up vehicles and passengers on the Powell River to Comox route.
Meanwhile…
School District 47 students turned out in significant numbers to participate in two recent qathet region cross country running events.
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