Happy Monday!
Vanesa Acuto submitted today’s featured photo, which she took recently on a visit to Palm Beach, south of Powell River. Anyone feel like catching a wave?
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On this day:
In 1915, Hamilton Tigers won the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup by downing Toronto Rowing Association by a score of 13-7.
In 1947, at Westminster Abbey, Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten.
In 1975, after ruling Spain for almost 40 years, Generalissimo Francisco Franco died at age 82.
In 1985, Microsoft released the first version of its Windows operating system, Windows 1.0.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and cloud is in the forecast for Monday, November 20, with a high of eight 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…
Former professional and national team soccer player Drew Ferguson has been inducted into the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia, four years after receiving the same honour from the Powell River Sports Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile…
City of Powell River will attempt to secure additional funds from qathet Regional District sources to help fund Powell River Recreation Complex.
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