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It’s tulip season across Canada. In Ottawa, the colourful blooms are on full display ahead of the Canadian Tulip Festival. The festival runs May 10-20 in the nation’s capital. In BC, tulips have been blooming at the Harrison Tulip Festival in Agassiz.

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The Harrison Tulip Festival in Agassiz, B.C., on May 2DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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The Supreme Court of Canada is framed between tulips in Ottawa on May 6.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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Tulips bloom as people make their way along Wellington Street and past the Bank of Canada in Ottawa.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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People enjoy the tulips as they bloom at Commissioner's Park in Ottawa, a week before the opening of the Canadian Tulip Festival, on May 4.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

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Flowers bloom at the Harrison Tulip Festival, in Agassiz.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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People walk between rows of some of the more than five million tulips spanning 27 acres at the Abbotsford Tulip Festival at Lakeland Flowers, in Abbotsford, B.C., on May 3, 2023.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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