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Photo feature of the day, today in history, the weather forecast and local gas prices
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Happy Thursday!

Alicia Baas snapped today’s featured image at a Coy Cup game between Powell River Regals and Terrace River Kings earlier this week. Regals are pursuing a sixth Coy Cup, and their first since 2010, at Hap Parker Arena this week. Regals play Williams Lake tonight (March 28) at 7:30 pm. Are you going?

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On this day:
In 1930, the names of Turkish cities Angora and Constantinople became Ankara and Istanbul.

In 1963, director Alfred Hitchcock released his classic horror film The Birds.

In 1979, the worst commercial nuclear accident in United States history happened near Middletown, Pennsylvania, when a partial meltdown occurred inside a reactor at the Three Mile Island plant.

Today’s weather:
Rain is expected on Thursday, March 28, as is a high of 10 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…
qathet School District and HUB Cycling have partnered to expand cycling education to students in local elementary schools.

Meanwhile…
Wildwood resident and bear expert Evelyn Kirkaldy says people can take simple steps to avoid bears coming around.

Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.

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