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• Shopify sees big uptick in U.S. job applicants after Trump’s election, CEO says

  29-06-2017 23:55
  
  It’s a great time for Canadian startups toattract top talent from south of the border asthe U.S. government is creating anunwelcoming environment, the chief executiveof Shopify says.
  
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• Father-and-son team to set forth on round-the-world helicopter flight July 1

  29-06-2017 23:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  On Canada Day, Bob Dengler and his son, Steven, will take off in their Bell helicopter from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum on the first day of a 40-day, 38,000-kilometre flight around the world.
  If successful, the Denglers will be the first Canadians to fly around the world by helicopter and the first father-and-son team to accomplish the feat. The Citizen caught up with Steven Dengler to talk about the C150 Global Odyssey.
  The Flight
  Starting Saturday morning from their home base in
  
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• OC Session: TD Youth Jazz Summit features cross section of Canadian talent

  29-06-2017 23:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  For 11 years, Toronto trumpeter and University of Toronto assistant professor of jazz studies Jim Lewis has spent his days during the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival mentoring some of Canada’s best young jazz talents.
  This year, he brought in his latest charges, the nine musicians taking part in the 2017 TD Youth Jazz Summit, to perform in the Citizen’s OC Sessions space. The group includes  Ardeshir Pourkeramati and Alexandre Bigras on tenor saxophone, alto saxophonist Mirei Matsumoto,
  
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• Teepee ceremony is 'peaceful,' says Parliament security after issuing trespass notices [Video]

  29-06-2017 23:46
  
  Ten people banned for six months fromParliament Hill after raising a teepee there weregiven notices of trespass — a tool policeanywhere in Canada can use to move peopleaway from a scene without charging them.
  
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• Elgin Street Diner to give vintage $1 bank note to first 300 customers July 1

  29-06-2017 23:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If you order your breakfast or burgers at the Elgin Street Diner this Canada Day you may be the one receiving a tip.
  Owner Ron Shrybman will be handing out 300 crisp, uncirculated one-dollar banknotes printed in 1973 — including one random 1967 Centennial bill — to the first 300 customers, starting at 9 a.m.
  Shrybman opened the 24-hour diner in 1993 and has since enjoyed round-the-clock turnover of customers. So why give out vintage cash if it’s going to be busy anyway?
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• Metro's Canada Day cheat sheet

  29-06-2017 23:44
  
  In which we advise you how to get around, when to arrive, what not to bring with you and what stores will be closed.
  
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• A most improbable par gets Henderson pointed in the right direction in Round 1

  29-06-2017 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — There are times in major championship golf when it isn’t the birdies that make a round.
  Sometimes it’s a par.
  A crazy, improbably, c’mon, that should have been a double bogey kind of par.
  Brooke Henderson had one on the par-3 fourth hole in her opening-round of 3-under-par 68 in the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at the Olympia Fields Country Club on Thursday.
  With a wind that could have starred in the Wizard of Oz coming fro
  
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• Indigenous people on why they brought a teepee to Parliament Hill

  29-06-2017 23:32
  
  Group speaks about the issue they want people to think about.
  
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• Stevenson: 'Showtime' Henderson in thick of things after an opening 68

  29-06-2017 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Bo Jackson, the greatest athlete of our time, hung a nickname on Brooke Henderson after he played in her group in the pro-am at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Tuesday.
  “Showtime.”
  Henderson went out and lived up to it on Thursday with an opening-round 3-under-par 68 at Olympia Fields Country Club in defence of her title, a spectacular up-and-down round that had an entertaining little bit of everything and in the end gave her the quick start sh
  
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• Reevely: Parliament Hill teepee reminds us of all we have to make up for

  29-06-2017 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The teepee that went up to reoccupy Parliament Hill this week is against the rules, but then so is Parliament.
  Both of them ought to stay a while.
  Finding a collective noun for the people who erected the teepee just inside the gates off Wellington Street, just below East Block, isn’t easy. The people with the teepee had an hours-long standoff with police, like protesters. Their action looks like a protest to outsiders. They do not wish to be called protesters. Their teepee is a place
  
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• FAQ: Canada Day fireworks at Parliament Hill

  29-06-2017 22:57
  
  Canadian Heritage is promising that this year’s fireworks will be the largest Canada Day show ever.
  
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• Reevely: Parliament Hill teepee reminds us of all we have to make up for [Video]

  29-06-2017 22:56
  
  The teepee that went up to reoccupy Parliament Hill this week is against the rules, but then so is Parliament.Both of them ought to stay a while.Finding a collective noun for the people who erected the teepee just inside the gates off Wellington Street, just below East Block, isn’t easy.
  
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• Teepee erected on Parliament Hill was for ceremony, not protest, says grassroots group [Video]

  29-06-2017 22:55
  
  A press conference about a teepee erected as a “re-occupation” of Parliament Hill Wednesday turned fractious Thursday after one of the members of the group refused to answer a reporter’s question on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of indigenous issues.
  
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• Kayak data shows where trip to Ottawa for July 1 was a hot ticket

  29-06-2017 22:51
  
  Among Canada Day-weekend searches, Ottawa was a top-three most-searched destination in six provinces.
  
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• SIU charged 20 Ontario cops in 2016

  29-06-2017 21:58
  
  Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit laid charges against 20 police officers in 17 incidents across the province in 2016, a charge rate of 5.3 per cent of the 296 cases the provincial police watchdog completed last year. The charge rate is slightly lower than 2015, when the SIU laid charges in 15 of the 255 cases it closed that year.
  
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• Liberals extend Canada's mission in Iraq to March 2019

  29-06-2017 21:58 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The federal government has ordered the military to stay in Iraq for at least two more years as the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prepares to enter a new phase.
  But despite a request from NATO for police trainers, there are “absolutely no plans” to send Canadian troops back to Afghanistan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
  “We have served (in Afghanistan) with distinction, with valour, over 10 years and made a significant impact,” Trudea
  
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• Brutal no more: NAC offers a sneak peek inside a light-filled 'architectural rejuvenation’ [Video]

  29-06-2017 21:49
  
  The NAC is throwing open its doors to thepublic on Canada Day to offer a look at thefirst phase of a project aimed at turningOttawa’s fortress-like performing artspalace into a light-filled “crossroads” forthe city. On Wednesday, the media got asneak peek.
  
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• 5 alternative activities for Canada Day weekend

  29-06-2017 21:49
  
  Don’t feel like facing the crowds on the Hill? Here are five other ways to indulge your celebratory impulse.
  
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• No charges in fatal car-motorcycle crash in Gatineau

  29-06-2017 21:45
  
  Gatineau police have finished an investigation into a fatal crash between a car and motorcycle on June 8 by deciding not to lay charges.A 51-year-old woman was killed when her motorcycle was struck head-on by a car on Lorrain Boulevard around 5:20 a.m.
  
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• Royal Canadian Navy ramps up for Canada Day – ships open for public tours

  29-06-2017 21:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Royal Canadian Navy, in honour of Canada’s 150th anniversary, will participate in Canada Day celebrations throughout the country and overseas. Here are the details from the RCN:
  Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Moncton, a Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel, will visit Shediac, NB, for Canada Day 150 weekend. The ship will be open for public tours from June 30th to July 2nd, 2017, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
  Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown, one of the RC
  
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• Teepee ceremony is 'peaceful,' says Parliament security after issuing trespass notices

  29-06-2017 21:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ten people banned for six months from Parliament Hill after raising a teepee there were given notices of trespass — a tool police anywhere in Canada can use to move people away from a scene without charging them.
  The 10 were part of a group that brought the teepee to the Hill Wednesday night, on behalf of indigenous people and as a ceremonial presence.
  Trespass notices can be for various lengths of time. There’s no charge or court appearance.
  “So they were arrested for obstruct
  
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• SIU charged 20 police officers in Ontario in 2016: annual report

  29-06-2017 21:17 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit laid charges against 20 police officers in 17 incidents across the province in 2016, a charge rate of 5.3 per cent of the 296 cases the provincial police watchdog completed last year.
  The charge rate is slightly lower than 2015, when the SIU laid charges in 15 of the 255 cases it closed that year, a charge rate of 5.9 per cent.
  The figures are contained in the SIU’s 2016-17 annual report, released Thursday by director Tony Loparco.
  The report show
  
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• Adam: Celebrating Canada's real history of art

  29-06-2017 20:48 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  In a moment of frustration at the constant carping by Ottawa residents, the late National Capital Commission chairman Marcel Beaudry once told them to be grateful for the federal programs they freely enjoy because they live in the capital.
  Many people were obviously not amused by the suggestion that they didn’t appreciate how lucky they were, compared to other Canadians who were missing out. It was all part of a longstanding debate about whether residents truly appreciated the benefits of
  
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• Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - details on the beautiful new @CanadasNAC https://t.co/DoMmIrwF51

  29-06-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - details on the beautiful new @CanadasNAC https://t.co/DoMmIrwF51
  
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• Questions about your yard/garden? Call the @MeehanCarolAnne show now, 613-750-1310. Peter Rofner Richmond Nurserie… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Questions about your yard/garden? Call the @MeehanCarolAnne show now, 613-750-1310.Peter Rofner Richmond Nurserie… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Police seek suspect in Old Ottawa South break-in

  29-06-2017 19:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man in connection with a break-in last month at a home in Old Ottawa South.
  Police said the break-in occurred Monday, May 29, between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. at a residence near Carleton University.
  Police did not provide details about the break-in or whether anything was stolen.
  The man is described as Caucasian, 20 to 30 years of age, with a thin build and short dark hair. He appeared dressed in all grey, a grey long-sle
  
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• Up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - our weekly chat with @LauraPeck6 https://t.co/jCGYSRDFFu

  29-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  Up next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show - our weekly chat with @LauraPeck6 https://t.co/jCGYSRDFFu
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, Sean O'leary @WeTheParentsCAN discusses the challenges of detoxing his drug addi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, Sean O'leary @WeTheParentsCAN discusses the challenges of detoxing his drug addi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @NancyCPO on the public consultation regarding Ottawa street violence. https://t.co/VFMUQuyTrD

  29-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  
  Coming up on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @NancyCPO on the public consultation regarding Ottawa street violence. https://t.co/VFMUQuyTrD
  
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• Teepee erected on Parliament Hill was for ceremony, not protest, says grassroots group

  29-06-2017 18:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A press conference about a teepee erected as a “re-occupation” of Parliament Hill Wednesday turned fractious Thursday after one of the members of the group refused to answer a reporter’s question on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of indigenous issues. 
  “You all have blood on your hands,” she shouted at journalist Julie Van Dusen, who asked whether Trudeau’s policies were an improvement on former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s. 
  
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• Ontario pledges $2M in funding for community hub program

  29-06-2017 18:17
  
  Communities that want to prevent a closed public building (i.e., a school) from being sold off will get the chance to pitch a business plan to decide what to do with the space.
  
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• Directors ask whether NCC should be in the camping business

  29-06-2017 18:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Board directors questioned if the National Capital Commission should be in the camping business while considering a proposed $5.9-million upgrade to the campground at Lac Philippe.
  “I don’t think our core business is campgrounds,” Brian Coburn said during a board meeting Thursday.
  “When we make a choice to spend $6 million, we make a choice not to spend it on something else,” Carol Loughrey said.
  But Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, defending the NCC’s in
  
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• Next on the #POWERLunch: @StephanieCarvin & @MacLeodLisa join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  Next on the #POWERLunch:@StephanieCarvin & @MacLeodLisa join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up NEXT #Canadian actor/singer @tomjacksonca joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio on #Canada150… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  Coming up NEXT #Canadian actor/singer @tomjacksonca joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio on #Canada150… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up: @Spencerpress has all your #ottnews in weekly @OttawaCitizen segment bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up:@Spencerpress has all your #ottnews in weekly @OttawaCitizen segment bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT on the #EthicsLab Should we disenfranchise the elderly? What is "moral luck"? bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #EthicsLabShould we disenfranchise the elderly?What is "moral luck"? bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ noon: @StephanieCarvin & @MacLeodLisa join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERLunch @ noon: @StephanieCarvin & @MacLeodLisa join @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up NEXT LISTEN: bit.ly/1uwtdOs twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  29-06-2017 16:13 via twitter.com
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• Liberals extend Canada's 'advise and assist' mission in Iraq to March 2019: bit.ly/2toreHq #cdnpoli https://t.co/8ivfthhNTh

  29-06-2017 15:55 via twitter.com
  
  Liberals extend Canada's 'advise and assist' mission in Iraq to March 2019: bit.ly/2toreHq #cdnpoli https://t.co/8ivfthhNTh
  
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• Should the @Salvation_Army move to #Vanier? @Paulheinbecker joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE now::… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 15:50 via twitter.com
  Should the @Salvation_Army move to #Vanier?@Paulheinbecker joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE now::… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Canada's Iraq mission extended until 2019 at cost of $371 million

  29-06-2017 15:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Liberal government has extended Canada’s military mission in Iraq for almost another two years.
  The mission will be extended until March 31, 2019, the government announced Thursday.
  “Canada is providing $371.4 million over two years to support the cost of this renewed contribution to the Global Coalition against Daesh,” the government noted in a news release. Daesh is another name for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  The Canadian military will be able to deploy cap
  
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• Iraq mission extended until 2019 at cost of $371 million

  29-06-2017 15:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Liberal government has extended Canada’s military mission in Iraq for almost another two years.
  The mission will be extended until March 31, 2019, the government announced Thursday.
  “Canada is providing $371.4 million over two years to support the cost of this renewed contribution to the Global Coalition against Daesh,” the government noted in a news release. Daesh is another name for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  The Canadian military will be able to deploy cap
  
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• COMING UP AT 10: What should authorities do about a #teepee set up by protesters on Parliament Hill?… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 15:35 via twitter.com
  COMING UP AT 10: What should authorities do about a #teepee set up by protesters on Parliament Hill?… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Meeting the Royals: Clip our handy tip sheet just in case

  29-06-2017 15:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  With Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in town this weekend, there’s every chance you might bump into them on Sparks Street and wonder what to say, or what not to.
  Luckily the Royal Family’s supporting staff has a tip for meeting the Royals. 
  From the British protocol experts: “There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms.”
  Men do a “he
  
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• Dropping in: Umber Realty sets a new home into an old neighbourhood

  29-06-2017 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A few months ago, residents in Ottawa’s Glebe neighbourhood noticed that a brand new home had appeared in their neighbourhood over the course of an afternoon. Many of them had left for work first thing in the morning, passing the empty lot on Clarey Avenue. However, when they returned, something had changed. The empty lot now held a 2,100 square foot two-storey home with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a rooftop patio. And it blended in, as if it had always been there.
  Earlier this year, homeo
  
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• NEXT @Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe for weekly @MacleansMag on the Hill segment bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 15:28 via twitter.com
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• COMING UP AT 10:15: @Cmdr_Hadfield joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE to talk #Canada150: bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/OjdrOloZ5H

  29-06-2017 15:12 via twitter.com
  
  COMING UP AT 10:15:@Cmdr_Hadfield joins @_MarkSutcliffe LIVE to talk #Canada150:bit.ly/1uwtdOs https://t.co/OjdrOloZ5H
  
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• #OnAir 9AM-1PM #OttawaToday live with your host @_MarkSutcliffe on @1310NEWS & @rogerstv22… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  29-06-2017 15:00 via twitter.com
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• Downtown traffic woes ease due to end of school, early long weekend

  29-06-2017 14:45 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The traffic gridlock that has plagued downtown Ottawa for much of the week eased Thursday morning as many parents appeared to have stayed home with their children during the last scheduled day of the school year.
  For parents of children in the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), school ended Wednesday.
  Traffic on Albert Street downtown was nearly non-existent.
  Traffic cam of Albert street now 4 lanes, eastbound to help with morning rush hour on
  Despite multiple detours around closed streets, OC
  
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• Ottawa weather: More rain, more thunderstorms [Video]

  29-06-2017 14:12
  
  If you’ve been following the meteorological events for the last few days, and who hasn’t, this forecast will sound eerily familiar.Environment Canada is calling for showers Thursday morning, tapering to a chance of showers Thursday afternoon and evening, and a risk of thunderstorms later on.
  
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