Happy Wednesday!
Alex Quinn submitted today’s featured photo, which he took earlier this month in Wildwood as the sun was setting over Vancouver Island.
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On this day:
In 1781, the third largest planet by radius in the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by German-born British astronomer William Herschel.
In 2004, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti performed in Tosca, his last opera, in New York. The famous singer died in 2007.
In 2013, Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina) succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, becoming the 266th leader of the Catholic Church.
Today’s weather:
Wednesday, March 13, is expected to be mainly cloudy with a high of eight degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to two 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…
Author Hannah Main-Van Der Kamp says her new book of poetry is about inner/outer reflection and contemplation.
Meanwhile…
qathet region photographer Michelle Pennell spotted a pod of whales from her home on February 29 and followed them south to Grief Point.
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