Happy Thursday!
Joyce Carlson submitted today’s featured image, which highlights how frosty things have been lately, including these ferns near Haslam Lake.
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Today’s weather:
A cool day with a mix of sun and cloud is expected on January 30, as is a high of two degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to minus one degree in the evening, according to the Weatherhood station above the Peak office (4493F Marine Avenue, Powell River). The chance of precipitation is forecast at 99 per cent. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
On this day:
In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. On the same day in 1945, he marked the 12th anniversary of his appointment with a speech, his last in public, and called on Germans to keep resisting in World War II until victory.
In 1948, at age 78, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was shot and killed in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist.
In 1962, two members of The Flying Wallendas’ high-wire act died when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.
In 1969, in what ended up being the group’s final performance in public, music group The Beatles staged an impromptu concert above the building in London that housed Apple Records.
In 1973, the rock group KISS, featuring Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, performed its first show at a club in New York.
In case you missed it…
Powell River Fire Rescue firefighters responded to a structure fire at a local supportive housing facility earlier this week.
Meanwhile...
Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society was recently involved in rescuing two juvenile eagles.
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