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

Regular photo of the day contributor Paul den Ouden submitted today’s featured image of a Mcdonnell Douglas MD900 helicopter leaving qathet General Hospital one day last month.

To submit a picture for Photo of the Day consideration, send the full size original via email to editor@prpeak.com with the subject line “Photo of the Day.” Remember to include where and when you took the picture, what it is and your name (we want to give you credit).

On this day:
In 1970, a replica Stanley Cup and the real Conn Smythe and Bill Masterson trophies were stolen from the Hockey Hall of Fame. The trophies were left in a Toronto police officer’s driveway two weeks later.

In 2017, Russia was banned from the Winter Olympics in South Korea due to state-sponsored doping.

Today’s weather:
Monday, December 5, is expected to be mainly cloudy with a high of two degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to zero degrees during the evening. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.

In case you missed it…
Food Banks Canada has released its 2022 hungry count document entitled From a Storm to a Hurricane. Local statistics are reflective of the national trends.

Meanwhile…
Powell River Education Services Society (PRESS) will be receiving $39,720 for the SOAR Social Network Pilot Project.

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