Happy Monday!
Yolanda Gravnic submitted today’s featured image, which she took while strolling through Penticton Trails.
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On this day:
In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. On the same day in 1945, he marked the 12th anniversary of his appointment with a speech, his last in public, and called on Germans to keep resisting in World War II until victory.
In 1948, at age 78, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was shot and killed in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist.
In 1962, two members of The Flying Wallendas’ high-wire act died when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.
In 1969, in what ended up being the group’s final performance in public, The Beatles staged an impromptu concert above the building in London which housed Apple Records.
In 1973, the rock group KISS, featuring Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, performed its first show at a club in New York.
Today’s weather:
Clouds are expected to clear throughout Monday, January 30, while a high of one degree Celsius is forecast during the day, dropping to minus one 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…
Team Cosmopolitan, which is made up of nine local skaters, came home with a bronze medal while competing in the 2023 Mountain Regional Synchronized Skating Championships, which were held at the Bill Copeland Arena in Burnaby from January 20 to 22.
Meanwhile…
As the provincial exemption to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs for personal use comes into effect on January 31, community partners in the qathet region are taking steps to make sure local substance users know what the changes mean for them.
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