Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Wednesday night

In a sure sign of summer, city splash pads open Wednesday but it looks like Mother Nature has her own way of cooling off with showers and a thunderstorm warning in the forecast.
Environment Canada issued a thunderstorm warning for the Ottawa-Gatineau region at about 5 p.m.
“Conditions will become favourable for severe thunderstorms to develop this afternoon as a cold front moves through,” the agency had warned earlier in the day. “The main threat is damaging wind gusts of 90 to