Happy Monday!
Rick McGrath submitted today’s featured photo, which he took from Palm Beach as clouds hovered over Texada Island.
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On this day:
In 1916, during World War I, Italy declared war on Germany.
In 1963, American activist and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech in front of more than 200,000 people in Washington, DC.
In 1996, with the issuing of a divorce decree, the marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially ended after 15 years.
In 2021, Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani became the first player in Los Angeles Angels history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and cloud is expected on Monday, August 28, as is a high of 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 15 degrees in the evening, when periods of rain are in the forecast. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Powell River Fire Rescue firefighter Kevin Cote recently won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Police and Fire Games in Winnipeg in rugby sevens.
Meanwhile…
With the announcement by Paper Excellence that the Catalyst Paper Tis’kwat mill is being permanently curtailed, Tla’amin Nation has been working to ensure that any development at the site meshes with its values.
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