Happy Tuesday!
Shane Michaels submitted today’s featured photo, which he took recently from the viewpoint in Townsite as fog drifted beyond the Hulks.
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On this day:
In 1610, at nine years old, five months after his father was assassinated, King Louis XIII was crowned king of France.
In 1907, the first commercial transatlantic wireless service opened between Nova Scotia and Ireland.
In 1931, Al Capone received an 11-year sentence for income tax evasion in Chicago; the mob boss was released from jail in 1939.
In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Today’s weather:
Rain and high winds are in the forecast for Tuesday, October 17, as is a high of 12 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to nine 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…
Power plays were the difference in Powell River Kings’ win over the visiting Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday, October 14.
Meanwhile…
Treaty partners Tla’amin Nation and the Province of British Columbia will now share information to facilitate more effective protection of cultural heritage sites throughout Tla’amin territory and qathet region.
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