We’re in for another hot one day – and it will be breezy as well.
Environment Canada is forecasting a mix of sun and cloud near noon, with 40km/h wind gusting to 60 near noon. The high will be 32, with a humidex of 36 and a UV index of 8 or very high.
Tonight, it will be mainly cloudy with a few showers beginning in the evening and ending after midnight, with the wind becoming light before morning. The low: 17.
The loonie: At 6:05 a.m., the Canadian dollar was worth 78 cents U.S.
Coming up today:
- It’s the summer solstice at 6:34 p.m. Sun rises at 5:06 a.m. and sets at 8:47 p.m., making this the longest day of the year,
- It’s also a full moon, at its fullest at 7:02 a.m.
- The UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France continues. Today: Slovakia vs. England, 3 p.m., and Russia vs. Wales, 3 p.m.
- Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Vancouver.
- Montreal City Council holds its regular monthly meeting.
- Montreal police drama 19-2 begins its third season in English on Bravo. It has already been renewed for a fourth, even though the original French version lasted only three.
- City and Colour performs at the Bell Centre.
- It’s World Refugee Day.
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 @bry.raw on Instagram.
Quote of the day:
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” — Iris Murdoch
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