It's Friday, May 29th. Good morning. Welcome to the weekend. It's 8 degrees right now in Brantford, 8 in Kitchener, 8 in Hamilton. The dollar 72.42 cents US. Oil trading over 87 bucks a barrel. Gas down 3 cents at $1.71. Stacey Englehart. Well, Canada's just two wins away from winning the World Hockey Championship. Details coming up. Days after appearing at a Montreal Canadiens playoff game, four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died. The 60-year-old was found by police at about 3 in the morning yesterday at the family's furniture store. Police believe he may have taken his own life. Ford government passed a bill into law yesterday allowing it to take over all land on the Toronto Islands where Billy Bishop Airport is located. Government plans to expedite construction of the airport to feature longer runways to allow for jets. Critics are calling it a land grab without consultation. A man who combined hypnotism and better life counseling in Brantford for decades was recently convicted of sexual offenses that also involved hypnotism. According to the expositor, 87-year-old Jack L. Heron, who once ran Color Me Happy Brantford Hypnosis Center, apparently used it on a 16-year-old victim and the victim's father. He was previously found not guilty of sex assault from incidents dating back to 2017. And StatsCan will reveal today how ongoing U.S. tariffs and the U.S.'s war in Iran have affected the country's economy in the first quarter of the year. The data is expected to feature a mild contraction in the final quarter of 2025. Light 92 sports baseball yesterday. Blue Jays beat Baltimore 2-1. That weekend Rd. series continues at 7 tonight. At the World Hockey Championship quarterfinals, Canada blanked the United States for nothing and faces Finland tomorrow in the semifinals at 8 P.m. NBA playoff conference finals. Oklahoma City lost to San Antonio. That series now tied 3-3. The decider is tomorrow in Oklahoma City. Tonight the NHL playoffs resume Montreal facing elimination when they're in Carolina at 8, trailing the series 3-1. And at the Memorial Cup on Sunday, the Kitchener Rangers play the winner of tonight's game between Everett and Shakutami. Light 92 weather. Another beautiful day today. Sunshine, a bit windy and a high of 24. Tonight clear, windy and seven. Sunny tomorrow, windy 19. Sunny Sunday and a high of 20. Right now it's 8 degrees in Brantford, 8 in Kitchener. It's 9 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update: 8:00am, Friday May 29, 2026
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