Happy Tuesday!
Regular contributor Rick McGrath submitted today’s featured image, which seems to capture a tree’s “fingers” grasping onto a mound of earth in the Penticton trails area.
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On this day:
In 1966, late singer Frank Sinatra recorded the song “Strangers in the Night”.
In 1970, Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. The trio was portrayed in a 1995 movie of the same name by actors Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon.
In 1979, after ruling for eight years, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.
Today’s weather:
Clouds and rain are in the forecast for Tuesday, April 11, 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…
City of Powell River councillors recently received an overview of the activities of the qathet Community Action Team (CAT) detailing what it has done regarding the drug overdose crisis since its inception.
Meanwhile…
British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission has submitted its final report to the provincial government, indicating no changes to the Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency.
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