Happy Monday!
Angelika Hackett submitted today’s featured photo: an anonymous art installation of a dragonfly, suspended by a nylon thread, near the Willingdon Beach campsite.
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On this day:
In 1814, Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone, was born in Belgium.
In 1961, a stamp honouring the 100th birthday of Canadian James Naismith, who invented basketball, was issued by the United States government.
In 2001, dramatic series 24, starring Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland, premiered on television. The show ran for nine seasons, including 207 episodes.
Today’s weather:
Showers are in the forecast for Monday, November 6, as is a high of 12 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to four 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…
Draft one of City of Powell River’s 2024 to 2028 five-year financial plan proposes a nine per cent increase in 2024 in city taxes to maintain current service levels.
Meanwhile…
Texada Island is the subject of a new documentary film, also called Texada.
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