Happy Tuesday!
Lori Rae submitted today’s featured photo, which she took recently as the sun set over Haywire Bay on Powell Lake.
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On this day:
In 1940, estimated to be 17,000 to 20,000 years old, the Lascaux Cave Paintings, images of animals and abstract symbols, were found by teenagers in France.
In 1959, the Luna 2 space probe, launched by the Soviet Union, made a crash landing on the moon.
In 1959, the first episode of western-genre television show Bonanza was broadcast.
Today’s weather:
Clouds and showers are in the forecast for Tuesday, September 12, as is a high of 16 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 12 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…
Powell River Regional Hospital District board will consider modifications to parts of the hospital district property where there is currently an encampment.
Meanwhile…
Powell River Minor Hockey Association teams remained undefeated in Coastal Cup play in Gibsons on Sunday, September 10.
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