Egan: Oppressive heat cooks up smaller crowds, short Hill lines on Canada Day

A suffocating heat kept Canada Day celebrations more subdued Sunday as crowds were down on Parliament Hill, lines were easily manageable and the fiasco of last year’s Canada 150 celebrations was avoided.
While there was no precise number for the downtown crowd size, it was evident as the day wore on that the heat — and the lack of 150 hoopla — reduced numbers sharply from 2017’s extravaganza, which featured Prince Charles and Camilla, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bon