So simple, so good: Sunny, with a high of 26 C today.
Tonight, clear with a low of 15 C.
The loonie: At 6 a.m., the Canadian dollar was worth 77.3 cents U.S.
Coming up today:
- New albums come out today from the Tragically Hip and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool, released as a download in May, gets a physical release.
- Tonight’s big free FrancoFolies concert: Galaxie and Marie-Pierre Arthur.
- Central Intelligence and Finding Dory are the big movies opening in theatres.
- Euro 2016 matches today: Italy vs. Sweden, 9 a.m.; Czech Republic vs. Croatia, noon; Spain vs. Turkey, 3 p.m.
- The International Association of Athletics Federations meets to decide whether to reinstate Russia and allow its athletes to compete at the Olympics in Rio.
- The Alouettes play their second pre-season game, against the Toronto Argonauts at Molson Stadium at 8 p.m.
- In Ottawa, Statistics Canada releases an article that compares the lifetime income of children to the lifetime income of their fathers, known as intergenerational income mobility.
Photo of the day:
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Quote of the day
Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
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