Happy Thursday!
Lisa Hansen submitted today’s featured photo, which she took during a walk along the shore of Haslam Lake.
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On this day:
In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Germany.
In 2011, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, welcomed Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Leon Russell and Tom Waits as inductees.
In 2018, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who lived with ALS for more than 50 years, died at his home in Cambridge, England.
Today’s weather:
A mix of fog, cloud and sun is expected on Thursday, March 14, with a high of 10 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…
Powell River Regals’ goaltender Laszlo Tamasik and his teammates will be hosting the Coy Cup provincial championship later this month.
Meanwhile…
For decades, permaculture expert and certified teacher Ron Berezan has been teaching individuals, groups and cities how to make a small urban yard, a community space or a large acreage farm into a self-sustaining, regenerating ecological system that produces food, attracts bees and pollinators, while at the same time mitigates changes in climate.
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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