Happy Thursday!
Shane Michaels submitted today’s featured photo, which he snapped earlier this month from the Willingdon Beach area.
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On this day:
In 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series versus Cincinnati. They were later acquitted, but all eight were banned from baseball for life.
In 1972, with 34 seconds remaining in game eight of the Summit Series between Team Canada and Team Russia in Moscow, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal in a 6-5 victory for Canada. The win gave Canada four wins in the classic hockey series to Russia’s three; one game ended in a tie. The first four games were played in Canada; games five to eight took place in Russia.
In 1976, Muhammad Ali retained the world heavyweight boxing championship by winning a 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Today’s weather:
A mix of sun and cloud and a 40 per cent chance of rain in the morning is expected on Thursday, September 28, as is a high of 15 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 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…
Anti-SOGI protests happened around the province on September 20, including at the qathet School District office at 4351 Ontario Avenue.
Meanwhile…
Powell River Villa hosted Vic West FC at Timberlane Park on Saturday, September 23.
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