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On July 19, anomalies caused by forest fires in Canada transformed the sun's and moon's usual colours into fiery red and tangerine.

According to The Weather Network, western Canada's active forest fires caused thick smoke to travel across the country, even reaching Newfoundland.

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The first full moon of summer in Montreal and the last supermoon of the year peaked last night, as the Habs declared victory over the Vegas Golden Knights and Quebecers celebrated Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.

It was a monumental night in Montreal, but Quebecers made time to snap tranquil, moonlit photos of the strawberry supermoon on June 24.

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If you're a fan of the sun and the moon, get excited. A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Montreal during the wee hours of the morning on June 10, 2021.

According to Espace pour la vie, "in Quebec and across most of Canada, we’ll be able to observe a partial eclipse of the Sun."

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When it comes to finding events to look forward to in 2021, you can always count on having the 12 full moons in Montreal to check out.

And the one happening tonight, on January 28, is what's widely known as the "Wolf Moon," a name which is said to originate from certain Indigenous traditions.

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Quebec is the proud home to many notable celebrities and politicians who inject un peu de la belle province into mainstream culture.

Famous people from Quebec have paved their own on the world stage, and some continue to rep the 514, making Montrealers proud as they put our city on the map. 

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If you haven't gotten into astrology yet, now's the time.

With Montreal in an extended COVID-19 lockdown for the next two weeks, as novel coronavirus cases continue to climb in Quebec, we could use a little guidance — courtesy of the planets and stars — to tell us what the rest of November will bring.

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Art brings us all together. Through the power of imagery, we are transported through space and time. The beauty of visual interpretation takes complex situations (like the one we're in right now) and it makes us think. More importantly, it makes us feel.

Perhaps that's why the MURAL Festival is such a popular Montreal tradition. Of course, due to the pandemic, we can’t gather like we used to in previous years to celebrate the street art and mural creations. But one thing is for certain: art overcomes. That's what this year's MURAL Estival is all about.

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