The good news: It’s Friday. It’s also April Fool’s Day. Gotcha.
Want more? Temperatures are expected to hover around the 13C mark today but you won’t want to forget your umbrella.
Environment Canada predicts a day similar to yesterday with periods of rain and some wind gusts.
For the party-goers, overnight temperatures aren’t supposed to dip below 3C, so you can ditch the long-johns at the disco.
You might want to take advantage of the temperature despite the weather because a cold front is moving in on Sunday and doesn’t seem to budge much until mid-week.
The loonie: At 6 a.m., the Canadian dollar was worth 76.7 cents U.S.
Coming up today
- It’s April Fools’ Day. Beware incredible stories.
- Electricity rates go up by 0.7 per cent in Quebec as of today.
- Most seasonal bicycle lanes open today as no-parking regulations take effect.
- Shaw Communications and Corus Entertainment close a $2.65-billion purchase deal that will see the Global television network and other Shaw Media properties move to Corus.
- Half Moon Run begins a run of four shows in four nights at Metropolis.
- The Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox play their first of two preseason games at Olympic Stadium at 7 p.m. Former Expos Tim Raines and Pedro Martinez are honoured in a pregame ceremony.
- Iron Maiden performs at the Bell Centre.
Photo of the day
Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. See them appear at montrealgazette.com/thismtl and we’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. This photo was posted by @felipecollado.
Quote of the day
As the Chinese proverb goes… (and it’s particularly fitting if you’re gullible on April Fool’s Day…)
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
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