Happy Monday!
Christine Creer submitted today’s featured photo, which she took recently from Donkersley Beach while the sun was setting.
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On this day:
In 1986, New York Islanders' winger Mike Bossy became the first National Hockey League player to score at least 50 goals in nine straight seasons.
In 1990, Lithuania declare its independence from the Soviet Union.
In 2011, in the worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Russia, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.
Today’s weather:
Rain is expected on Monday, March 11, as is a high of six degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to five 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…
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh travelled to qathet region last week, visited a child-care centre, met with Tla’amin Nation officials, and participated in a meet and greet at Willingdon Beach.
Meanwhile…
BC Ferries’ crossings between Powell River (Westview) to Texada Island (Blubber Bay) featured an all-female crew aboard Island Discovery on International Women’s Day (March 8).
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