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Happy Monday!
Regular contributor Celine Pollard submitted today’s featured image, which she took on a recent evening at Willingdon Beach.
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On this day:
In 1882, outlaw Jesse James was shot to death in Missouri by one of his gang members, Robert Ford.
In 1988, Mario Lemieux won the National Hockey League’s scoring race, ending Wayne Gretzky’s eight-year run as top scorer.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and cloud is in the forecast for Monday, April 3, as is a high of eight degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to two degrees 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…
Powell River Kings bounced back from a loss in game one and evened their best-of-seven first round BC Hockey League (BCHL) playoff series with Surrey Eagles at a game apiece on Saturday, April 1.
Meanwhile…
On March 30, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Victoria tasked the Royal Canadian Air Forces’ (RCAF) 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron from Comox to respond to a capsized vessel east of Texada Island, in the Strait of Georgia, off Vancouver Island.
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