Revellers Brave The Heat To Celebrate Canada Day On Parliament Hill
Source: CBC
Speaking via video, Justin Trudeau called on Canadians to 'lean on each other and 'stand strong.' Concerts and fireworks planned for Canada's 151st birthday on Parliament Hill are taking place on one of the hottest summer days the nation's capital has ever seen.
The temperature in Ottawa on Sunday was forecast to hit a high of 36 C. By early afternoon, the humidex had hit 47 C, matching the all-time high for Ottawa, which occurred on August 1, 2006. As of 1 p.m., paramedics on Parliament Hill and other special event sites had treated 46 people, mostly for heat-related problems. Five people were sent to hospital and one person suffered from a heart attack.
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The formal name for the July 1st holiday was Dominion Day
The number of revellers also dropped as temperatures went up. Just after 1 p.m., there were 3,500 people on Parliament Hill. At 11:30 a.m., there were 6,200. There was no wait to get through security, but once on Parliament Hill, thirsty partygoers had to wait in line at water stations to refill bottles. Many made use of misting stations and a snow machine to cool off..
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Happy Canada Day! 151st Birthday Holiday.
July 1 is the commemoration of the joining of Canada's three original provinces as one nation in 1867. The provinces- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, & the Canadian province which is now Ontario & Quebec. The holiday was previously called Dominion Day, for the Dominion of Canada in the British Empire. https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/01/americas/canada-day-explainer-trnd/index.html
- Prime Minister Trudeau with crowds celebrating Canada Day in Leamington.
*WATCH, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears via a live broadcast on a television screen from Leamington, Ont., during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. The prime minister instead addressed revellers gathered on Parliament Hill on Sunday morning via video, thanking residents and Canadians for standing up for one another and for Canadian values.
"This is who we are, we're there for each other in times of difficulty, in times of opportunity. We lean on each other and we stand strong and that's what we do from coast to coast to coast," Trudeau said.
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Check Out: *10 Surprising Things Americans Don't Know About Canadians*
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"Canada is the best-educated country in the world. Canada is the only nation in the world where more than half of adults have a college education, according to NBC. Not bad, eh?" *Canada has the No. 1 Middle Class in the world.*
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Ontario Canada 2018 at Highbury Canco. Looks like a blast!
Today we'll be putting out red, white & blue bunting and some flags for the 4th, Independence Day. What a time...
I printed out two Canadian flags, one's on the deck door, the other on the front door....
Happy Canada Day!
and apologist. Good on you for the flags, and the Diana birthday remembrance. She was so much a part of many people's lives including mine, even thru the media. I still remember esp. from the 90s when I travelled to England a few times, seeing the sites, attended Ascot once which was lovely and stopped at the Paris Ritz that summer before the accident.
Really want to return to England, and also spend some time in Canada. I've only been there briefly twice, as a kid to Ontario, and later to Vancouver from Seattle. Just might have to see those friends in Toronto after all.
And this country, geeze....
Happy Canada Day!
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I love ice hockey and Molson's Ale, and cold weather suits me fine.
