Happy Wednesday!
Christine Creer submitted today’s featured photo, which she took at Donkersley Beach, south of Powell River, on a clear and cold day when the ocean was calm. Texada Island is on the right; the lower Sunshine Coast is to the left.
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On this day:
In 1815, after escaping from exile on the Italian island of Elba, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris and began his Hundred Days rule, which preceded the restoration of Louis XVIII as King.
In 1969, musician John Lennon married artist Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
In 1973, eleven weeks after he died in a plane crash, Baseball's Hall of Fame inducted former Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente.
Today’s weather:
Clouds and a 40 per cent chance of showers are expected on Wednesday, March 20, as is a high of 10 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to six 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…
March is nutrition month in Canada. Check out what a qathet-based holistic nutritionist and plant-based chef has to say about it.
Meanwhile…
Anyone who has a Pacific Coastal Airlines flight booked between Powell River Airport and YVR's south terminal in April, May or early June needs to make other plans.
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Here are the latest prices at local stations.
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