Happy Thursday!
Lisa Hansen submitted today’s featured photo, a close-up of a sunflower in full bloom in Wildwood.
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On this day:
In 1945, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel into North Korea and South Korea.
In 1960, after being occupied by France since the late 1800s, Gabon gained its independence.
In 1982, a recording of ABBA’s studio album The Visitors became the first commercially produced compact disc.
In 2008, Spain's Rafael Nadal won the gold medal over Chile's Fernando González in men’s tennis at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Today’s weather:
Thursday, August 17, is expected to be sunny with a high of 25 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…
Paper Excellence Canada has announced the permanent curtailment of its Catalyst Paper Tis’kwat mill in Townsite.
Meanwhile…
Real estate sales in the qathet region during July 2023 were up considerably from July of the previous year.
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