You’re in luck if you have today off: Environment Canada is calling for mainly sunny conditions with a UV index of 6 or high. The high: 19 C.
It will be breezy today and tonight, with winds gusting to 40 km/h. Expect partly cloudy conditions overnight with a low of plus 9 C. The weekend’s outlook so far: cloudy and wet.
The loonie: At 6 a.m., the Canadian dollar was worth 77.8 cents U.S.
Coming up today:
- Captain America: Civil War opens in theatres.
- Keith Urban and Cyndi Lauper have new albums out today, but Lemonade, the new release by Beyoncé, will grab all the attention as it becomes available in stores.
- The IIHF World Championship begins in Moscow, with Canada playing the United States.
- Food trucks gather on the esplanade outside Olympic Stadium for the monthly First Fridays event.
- The Parti Québécois will choose an interim leader following the resignation this week of Pierre Karl Péladeau.
Today’s photo:
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 @montrealvision on Instagram.
Quote of the day
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. — Hippocrates
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