Happy Wednesday!
Paul den Ouden submitted today’s featured photo, which he took earlier this month at the sea walk in Westview, of a bald eagle taking in the view from a tree branch.
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On this day:
In 1919, hall-of-fame baseball player Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia.
In 1920, Quebec Bulldogs centre Joe Malone set a National Hockey League record by scoring seven of his team’s 10 goals in a 10-6 home win versus Toronto St. Patricks.
In 1961, the final film for actors Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits, premiered in theatres.
Today’s weather:
Rain is in the forecast for Wednesday, January 31, as is a high of 11 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to eight 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…
City of Powell River Council voted in favour of establishing a $1.6 million reserve fund from expected additional funds this year from Catalyst Paper Tis’kwat mill’s tax assessment.
Meanwhile…
In continuing to prepare for hosting the provincial AA Coy Cup, Powell River Regals travelled to Innisfail, Alberta, to face that province’s defending senior AAA hockey champions on January 26 and 27.
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