Happy Saturday!
Regular contributor Randy Donovan submitted today’s featured image, taken last month after a snowfall in Brew Bay.
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On this day:
In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
In 1929, adventure comic strip Tarzan made its first appearance in newspapers.
In 1964, Academy Award-winning actor (Leaving Las Vegas) Nicholas Cage was born in California.
Today’s weather:
Periods of rain are expected on Saturday, January 7, as is a high of seven degrees Celsius, dropping to one degree 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…
Special Olympics BC-Powell River’s charity Christmas Tree Mulch will take place on Sunday, January 8. Curbside pickup tags can be purchased until the end of the day on Saturday, January 7.
Meanwhile…
Recruitment and retention of firefighters was an important topic of discussion during the recent quarterly meeting between fire chiefs representing various fire departments throughout the qathet region.
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