Happy Monday!
Elizabeth Kennedy submitted today’s featured image, taken from her deck on Stager Road, as a pod of pelicans cruised by, which she called “an amazing sight.”
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On this day:
In 1886, pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, which was intended to be a medicine.
In 1921, Sweden’s Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty.
In 1970, The Beatles released Let It Be, their final studio album.
In 1984, the Soviet Union announced it would boycott the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Cuba, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Vietnam joined the boycott.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and cloud is in the forecast for Monday, May 8, as is a 30 per cent chance of rain and a high of 18 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to seven 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…
City of Powell River has been granted $500,000 from the province for the de-stumping and landscaping of 20 acres of airport land.
Meanwhile…
Volunteers combined their efforts to give a boost to Triangle Gardens in Townsite, adding a path and bench in honour of the late Dr. Andy Davis, who served as its caretaker for many years.
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