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Photo feature of the day, today in history, the weather forecast and local gas prices
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Happy Wednesday!

Janet Turner submitted today’s featured image, taken on a recent foggy morning at Westview Harbour. 

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On this day:
In 1889, the first-ever jukebox, at the time called a nickel-in-the-slot player, was installed at the the Palais Royale saloon in San Francisco.

In 1988, Wayne Gretzky scored his 600th goal in the National Hockey League in an 8-3 Los Angeles Kings’ win over Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.

In 1992, singer Miley Cyrus was born in Nashville, Tennessee.

Today’s weather:
A 30 per cent chance of rain is in the forecast for Wednesday, November 23, as is a high of eight degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of five degrees during a cloudy evening. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.

In case you missed it…
City of Powell River council chambers were crowded for an open house to discuss downtown development plans.

Meanwhile…
Real estate sales in October 2022 were stronger than in the year previous, according to Neil Frost, president of the Powell River-Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board.

Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.