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Photo feature of the day, today in history, the weather forecast and local gas prices
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Happy Monday!

Randy Donovan submitted today’s featured photo, which he took in the morning earlier this month at Brew Bay.

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On this day:
In 1595, Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, which was officially published in 1597, was performed on stage for the first time.

In 1892, the Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1936, the first baseball hall of famers, including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Babe Ruth, were inducted in Cooperstown, New York, the home of baseball’s Hall of Fame.

Today’s weather:
Rain is in the forecast for Monday, January 29, as is a high of 12 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 10 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…
Lift Community Services of qathet Society has announced the resignation of its executive director as of April 2, 2024.

Meanwhile…
Brooks Secondary School environmental science students have been engaging in what has been termed as citizen science, participating in a microplastics sampling project on qathet area beaches.

Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.

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