Standing beside the national gallery, just before the bridge to Gatineau, watching the fireworks explode over the elaborate glass structure at the gallery’s north end. As the show begins, the national anthem is played triumphantly over speakers nearby.
Standing beside the national gallery, just before the bridge to Gatineau, watching the fireworks explode over the elaborate glass structure at the gallery’s north end. As the show begins, the national anthem is played triumphantly over speakers nearby.
“What the f— is playing?” begs a stoned teenager nearby.
“O Canada!” corrects one of his apparently less stoned friends.