Happy Monday!
Lisa Lamacraft submitted today’s featured image, taken on a summer day at Willingdon Beach.
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On this day:
In 1610, at nine years old, five months after his father was assassinated, King Louis XIII was crowned king of France.
In 1907, the first commercial transatlantic wireless service opened between Nova Scotia and Ireland.
In 1931, Al Capone received an 11-year sentence for income tax evasion in Chicago; the mob boss was released from jail in 1939.
In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Today’s weather:
Monday, October 17, is expected to be sunny with a high of 20 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of eight 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…
Former qathet region resident Abby Head will be serving as premier in the 94th British Columbia Youth Parliament this year.
Meanwhile…
Local real estate sales dropped considerably in September 2022 compared to the previous year.
Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.
