Happy Tuesday!
James McQuarrie submitted today’s featured photo, which he took last week from Black Point, south of Powell River, as the sun was setting.
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On this day:
In 1936, the horror film Frankenstein, which starred Boris Karloff and was based on author Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, was released.
In 1976, the movie Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, premiered in theatres. It won the Academy Award for best picture in 1977.
In 1977, the first flight of the Concorde supersonic airliner departed from London and landed in New York. The last versions of the aircraft were retired in 2003.
In 1980, musician John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono posed nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum.
Today’s weather:
Clouds, rain and a 60 per cent chance of rain is in the forecast for Tuesday, November 21, with a high of eight degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to five 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…
Northern Sunshine Coast Ferry Advisory Committee chair Kim Barton-Bridges has commented on a current BC Ferries survey.
Meanwhile…
qathet School District board of trustees held an election and shuffled in positions last week.
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