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1 day ago | 
therecord.com | Libaan Osman
NEW YORK—Something was brewing behind the scenes before NBA commissioner Adam Silver walked on stage to announce the 21st pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night. For Will Riley, basketball was always an addiction. Now, he’s expected to be the only Canadian picked in the first round of the NBA draft on June 25. For Will Riley, basketball was always an addiction. Now, he’s expected to be the only Canadian picked in the first round of the NBA draft on June 25.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Itai Buenahora
With the summer season in full swing, the Town of Wasaga Beach has launched ”The Official Soundtrack of Summer” playlist on Spotify featuring local and made-in-Ontario bands. “For over 100 years the Town of Wasaga Beach has been Ontario’s iconic and most-visited summer playground,” said Town of Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Evelyn Harford
Around 15,000 Ontario Hydro One customers were still without power Monday afternoon after severe weather tore through parts of the province over the weekend, according to the utility’s outage map. The majority of the outages were reported following severe thunderstorms on Saturday night, which cut power to approximately 50,000 Hydro One customers. “We know being without power is challenging, especially during the heat wave,” Hydro One said in a post on X Sunday.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Evelyn Harford
Environment Canada has extended its heat warning — expected to last through Tuesday — to all of southern Ontario, with most of the province being blanketed by extreme heat and humidity. The heat wave could go on even longer in some areas. “Dangerous heat and humidity will continue through early to mid week,” the weather agency said.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Anastasia Blosser
You are the owner of this article. You have permission to edit this article. Take action to protect yourself and others – extreme heat can affect everyone’s health. Determine if you or others around you are at greater risk of heat illness. Check on older adults, those living alone and other at-risk people in-person or on the phone multiple times a day.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Anastasia Blosser
Over 2,500 homes and businesses in Toronto lost power around 12:30 p.m. on Monday as temperatures continue to soar in the city. The majority of the outages are reported near Yonge Street and Blythwood Road with several smaller ones along St. Clair Avenue West, between Yonge and Bathurst streets, according to the Toronto Hydro outage map. Some customers are not expected to have power restored until 4 a.m. on Tuesday.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Isabel Teotonio
At the Toronto District School Board, the country’s largest, schools either have full, partial or no conditioning. Those with no air conditioning have at least one cooling centre, which could be in the gym, a library or a multipurpose room. (The board has 579 schools. Just 177 were designed and built with central air conditioning, there are 243 with cooling centres, and the rest have small air conditioner units in the library.)Students are being encouraged to drink water throughout the day.
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4 days ago | 
therecord.com | Anastasia Blosser
If Sunday felt like one of the hottest June days of your life, that’s because it might have been. The humidex value broke an all-time record in Toronto after a sweltering 46 was recorded at Pearson International Airport. The only other June day to record a value that high was back in 2018 when temperatures felt as hot as 46 on June 30, Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder told the Star. The weather agency has been recording humidex values since 1953, he added.
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5 days ago | 
therecord.com | Steve McMorran
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has retained Scott Barrett as captain for New Zealand’s three-test series against France next month, ignoring calls to promote star backrower Ardie Savea. Barrett’s reappointment was certain when it was revealed that Robertson’s 35-man squad would be announced Monday at the Coastal Rugby Club in the tiny North Island town of Rahotu to which all three Barrett brothers belong.
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5 days ago | 
therecord.com | Jeff Outhit
Dave Norman shed a tear in the parking lot even before he went inside the church he attended as a kid. It was that kind of bittersweet day at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, which held its last Sunday mass after 95 years in central Kitchener. “It’s emotional already. I knew it was going to be,” Norman said before the service began at 11 a.m. “I’ve prepared to a certain degree.