Happy Wednesday!
Regular contributor William Kato submitted today’s featured image, as the sun set while a ferry made its way to Westview Terminal last weekend.
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On this day:
In 1934, the book Tender Is the Night, by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published for the first time
In 1955, the Salk vaccine against polio was declared safe and effective.
In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth once while aboard the Vostok-3KA spacecraft, becoming the first man to fly in space. The trip, from launch to landing, lasted one hour and 48 minutes.
Today’s weather:
Sun is in the forecast for Wednesday, April 12, as is a high of 11 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to four degrees in the evening, when clouds are expected to roll in. 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 appointed three directors to Powell River Community Forest.
Meanwhile…
Maia Armstrong, a blind singer and one of 22 members of Campanella Children’s Choir from Wheeling, Illinois, will be attending International Choral Kathaumixw this summer.
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