Happy Monday!
Vanesa Acuto submitted today’s featured photo, which she took last Thursday from her vantage point in Tla’amin Nation as the sun was setting.
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On this day:
In 1892, Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada. The Stanley Cup is now the National Hockey League’s championship trophy.
In 1965, over a 12-minute span, Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov became the first person to walk in space when he went outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft, which was orbiting earth.
In 2017, rock ‘n’ roll guitarist and singer Chuck Berry died at his home near St. Louis at age 90.
Today’s weather:
A day of sun is expected on Monday, March 18, as is a high of 16 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…
City of Powell River council has unanimously awarded the contract for Powell River Airport rehabilitation and extension of the runway to Upland Contracting of Campbell River.
Meanwhile…
In preparation for construction of the active transportation corridor between Powell River Recreation Complex and Brooks Secondary School, students and staff of the school have been surveyed regarding potential use of the mid-level connector.
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