Happy Thursday!
Paul den Ouden submitted today’s featured image, highlighting the daffodils he came across recently outside of qathet Museum and Archives.
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On this day:
In 1502, Christopher Columbus left Spain on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
In 1998, India set off three underground atomic blasts, the country’s first nuclear tests in 24 years.
In 2010, David Cameron became Britain’s youngest prime minister, at age 43, in almost 200 years after Gordon Brown stepped down.
Today’s weather:
Sun is in the forecast for Thursday, May 11, as is a high of 21 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to nine degrees in the evening, when clouds are expected to roll in. 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 were recently provided with an overview of tourism endeavours on the Sunshine Coast..
Meanwhile…
When local author and journalist Jason Schreurs heard someone say “punk rock saved my life” something in him clicked.
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