Happy Thursday!
Jenny Milne submitted today’s featured photo, which she took recently at Scuttle Bay in Tla’amin.
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On this day:
In 1675, the foundation stone was laid for London’s Royal Observatory Greenwich, which is famous for being the location marking where the prime meridian (defines 0° longitude by international agreement) passes through.
In 1960, the movie Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, premiered in theatres.
In 1972, Paul and Linda McCartney and their band Wings were arrested in Sweden on drug possession charges after a customs official discovered a package of hashish in their belongings.
In 1990, the first spacecraft to be launched by a space shuttle, Magellan, went into orbit around Venus and spent eight months gathering data about its surface.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and clouds is in the forecast for Thursday, August 10, as is a high of 25 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 16 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…
qathet Regional District’s (qRD) board will consider not endorsing an aquaculture use amendment for a fish farm operation on Lois Lake.
Meanwhile…
City of Powell River’s new chief administrative officer Lisa Bhopalsingh will be starting her new responsibilities in September.
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