Happy Thursday!
Tracey Hawryluk submitted today’s featured photo, which she took near the Hulks in Townsite recently as the sun set in a hazy sky.
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On this day:
In 1931, Canadian hockey legend Jean Béliveau was born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec. The hall-of-fame centre won 10 Stanley Cups as a player, plus another seven serving as an executive, all with the Montreal Canadiens. He died in 2014.
In 1939, the first Marvel Comics issue, which featured the Human Torch, was published.
In 1989, Britain’s Princess Anne and her husband Mark Phillips announced they were separating after 15 years of marriage.
Today’s weather:
Showers are expected in the morning before skies clear on Thursday, August 31. The high is forecast to be 20 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…
City of Powell River Council has declined a request from qathet Regional District (qRD) to contribute additional funds for the resource-recovery centre (RRC) project.
Meanwhile…
Dragon boat competitor Sian Cornwell recently returned from the world championships in Pattaya, Thailand, with multiple medals.
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