Happy Wednesday!
Vanesa Acuto submitted today’s brilliant featured photo, which she took earlier this week as a family was skating on Cranberry Lake.
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On this day:|
In 1893, Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Lili’uokalani to abdicate.
In 1929, cartoon character Popeye the Sailor made his comic strip debut.
In 1942, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was born in Kentucky. He died in 2016.
In 1995, an estimated 6,434 people died when the Great Hanshin earthquake hit Kobe, Japan.
Today’s weather:
Snow ending in the afternoon followed by a mix of sun and cloud is in the forecast for Wednesday, January 17, as is a high of one degree Celsius during the day, dropping to minus two in the evening, when there is a 30 per cent chance of more flurries. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
qathet Regional District’s board has voted to write correspondence to the province asking the government to look after its assets at Inland Lake Provincial Park.
Meanwhile…
NDP MPs Rachel Blaney and Gord Johns are reiterating their call to extend the January 18 deadline for small businesses to pay back their Canada Emergency Business Account loan.
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