Teoscar Hernandez and Santiago Espinal homered as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Thursday night in the opener of a five-game series at Rogers Centre.

The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) is being called out by CUPE after trustees voted on a school budget that eliminates 11 frontline worker jobs.
The City of Kingston, Ont., has reinstated its encampment protocol, meaning no camping by unhoused residents will be permitted in public spaces.
The Toronto Raptors have locked up their top free agent, Canadian Chris Boucher.

‘All kids are different so some of them will have missed some sort of vital skill development, maybe in reading,’ education advocate Annie Kidder said of the 2021-22 school year.

“Insurance companies are making tons of money and it’s coming out of the pockets of Ontarians. So we’re going to be all over them,” Doug Ford said.

Ford says the province will give more than a one per cent raise to teachers, whose contracts expire on Aug. 31.
Late-game dramatics. Post-season intensity. Even a dugout-clearing dust-up.

Parliamentary assistants help ministers with “legislative and committee matters, including special projects and assignments that require dedicated leadership.”

The sitting will be the first session of Doug Ford’s second majority government, following the June 2 Ontario general election.