Happy Thursday!
Regular contributor Randy Donovan submitted today’s featured image from south of Powell River, overlooking Lang Bay.
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On this day:
In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines.
In 1865, the steamer Sultana, carrying freed American Civil War Union prisoners, exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee; death toll estimates vary from 1,500 to 2,000.
In 1950, Britain recognized the state of Israel.
In 2005, the world's largest commercial jet, the Airbus A380 double-deck airliner, flew for the first time.
Today’s weather:
Sunny skies are in the forecast for Thursday, April 27, as is a high of 15 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to five 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…
Award-winning animator and now painter, muralist and author Prashant Miranda’s exhibition, Pacifiq Madness, opened recently in Lund.
Meanwhile…
Several patterns have emerged after the last few Vancouver police witnesses testified at a coroner's inquest into the death of Myles Gray in August 2015.
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