Happy Saturday!
Vanessa Bjerreskov snapped today’s featured image at a Vancouver Island Soccer League match between Powell River Villa and Nanaimo FC last month, a 2-0 win for Powell River. Villa midfielder Russell Pielle [centre, in red] attempts to take the ball away from a Nanaimo player while teammates Nick Van't Schip [left] and Richard "Chico" Murphy [behind a Nanaimo player] keep a close eye on the action. Villa is back in action today (February 4), hosting Saanich Fusion Bandits in a round of 32 Jackson Cup match at Timberlane Park. Game time is 1:30 pm.
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On this day:
In 1991, in a 12-0 vote, the Baseball Hall of Fame board barred former player and manager Pete Rose from entry, due to his gambling on games.
In 1997, former football player and actor O.J. Simpson was found liable for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman by a civil jury in California.
In 2004, the social networking site Facebook, which currently has more than one billion users, was launched as Thefacebook by Mark Zuckerberg.
Today’s weather:
Rain is expected on Saturday, February 4, as is a high of eight 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…
Fish farm operations continue to be a contentious issue that has gained a lot of public attention, and the federal government’s, over concern of the health of wild salmon stocks.
Meanwhile...
School District 47 has been chosen as one of seven additional school districts to receive support from the provincial government for mental health and substance use services.
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