Happy Friday!
Rick McGrath submitted today’s featured image, taken from Palm Beach, as sunlight peered through the clouds over Texada Island.
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On this day:
In 1960, The Alfred Hitchcock horror-thriller classic Psycho premiered in theatres. Its shower scene is one of the best-known in the history of film.
In 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the world’s first female space traveller, completing 48 orbits on board Vostok 6 before returning to Earth.
Today’s weather:
Clouds and a 40 per cent chance of showers are in the forecast for Friday, June 16, as is a high of 19 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 13 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…
Fuel price behaviours in Powell River have been investigated by the provincial ministry of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, prompting further investigation by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC).
Meanwhile…
A report to the Vancouver Police Board says the department is committed to adopting both recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, who was born and raised in Powell River, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed.
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