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News Update: 8:00am, Friday June 5, 2026

News Update: 8:00am, Friday June 5, 2026
News Desk
Jun 05, 2026 | 10:27 AM

It's Friday, June 5th. Good morning. Welcome to the weekend. It's 13 degrees in Brantford, 15 in Hamilton, 12 in Kitchener. The dollar just over 72 cents, gas a buck 78. I'm Stacey Englehart. you might get a little bit of money in your bank account starting today. It was announced in January it's a top-up payment for the Canada Groceries and Essentials benefit. The program was previously the GSTHST credit and usually paid out on a quarterly basis to lower income households. An OPP officer convicted of giving preferential treatment to a couple of tow truck companies in the GTHA has been terminated. Police say Roberto Visconti pleaded guilty to account of breach of trust in June of 2024 and initially handed a suspended sentence and 12 months probation. The Toronto District School Board has notified the province that up to 800 positions could be eliminated for the 2026-27 school year. Officials say retirements and vacant positions will reduce the impact on employees. StatsCans expected to release its labor market report for May this morning. The consensus among economists polled by Reuters shows they're anticipating employers added 10,000 jobs last month. They're also expecting the unemployment rate to stay unchanged at 6.9%. And environmental advocates are condemning FIFA's decision to ban reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums and urging the city to push back against the policy. Toronto's mayor is calling it a pure money grab. FIFA said it's to prevent risk and injury. By the way, the money they'll make in water, astronomical. At $7 for a bottle of water, 45,000 fans, that's over $300,000 for water per game. Light 92 Sports NHL Stanley Cup playoffs last night. Carolina beat Vegas 4-3 in overtime to tie the series at 1. The CFL season kicked off yesterday. Hamilton lost to Montreal 30-27 in overtime. Tonight in the CFL, Winnipegs and Calgary at 9. Baseball yesterday, the Blue Jays beat the Braves 7-2, winning one out of three in that series. Jays back home tonight to host Baltimore at 7. And the NBA playoff finals continues tonight. New York is in San Antonio 830. The Knicks have a 1-0 series lead. Light 92 weather, sunshine today, a little windy and a humid X feeling in the low 30s. Tonight looks like rain, thunderstorms, windy and 18. Chance of rain and thunderstorms tomorrow, windy with a humid X of 31 and sunshine returns Sunday. Small chance of showers and a high of 27. Right now it's 13 degrees in Brantford. It's 12 in Kitchener, 15 in Hammond. I'm Stacy Englehart.