Happy Thursday!
Lisa Hansen submitted today’s featured image, which she took recently while taking in the sights at Mowat Bay.
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On this day:
In 452, Attila the Hun invaded Italy.
In 1949, author George Orwell released Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984), which famously introduced the phrase: "Big Brother is watching you."
In 2002, Canadian boxer Lennox Lewis retained the WBC heavyweight title by knocking out American Mike Tyson in the eighth-round of a match in Memphis, Tennessee.
Today’s weather:
A sunny sky is in the forecast for Thursday, June 8, as is a high of 27 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 13 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…
Effective at noon June 8, campfires will be prohibited throughout the Coastal Fire Centre region, which includes the qathet area, except for the Haida Gwaii forest district.
Meanwhile…
BC United leader Kevin Falcon visited the qathet region earlier this week and discussed his objectives in an interview with the Peak.
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