Happy Friday!
Regular photo of the day contributor Alex Quinn submitted today’s featured image of Salish Orca departing Westview Terminal, and Island Discovery waiting to dock, taken yesterday morning from Courtenay Street.
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On this day:
In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France.
In 1969, the National Hockey League announced that Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres would begin play the following year.
In 1978, the Neil Diamond/Barbra Streisand song “You Don’t Bring me Flowers” topped the music charts.
In 1982, the first permanent artificial heart was transplanted into a patient at University of Utah Medical Center.
Today’s weather:
Friday, December 2, is expected to be cloudy with a high of minus one degree Celsius during the day, increasing to zero degrees in the evening, when periods of snow are expected. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Powell River Villa hosted Vancouver Island Soccer League’s top team last weekend in what was dubbed the “Game of the Year.” Check out the videos.
Meanwhile…
City of Powell River Council has been presented with the first draft of the 2023 to 2027 financial plan, which indicates a 5.4 per cent increase in property taxation.
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