What you need to know
NATHAN DENETTE / THE CANADIAN PRESSGolden State Warriors Kevin Durant (left) laughs with teammate Damion Lee during a team practice for the NBA Finals in Toronto on Saturday, June 1, 2019.
Raptors fans ready to rejoice: The Toronto Raptors can win their first NBA championship, and end a 26-year drought for Canadian teams in the four major North American sports leagues, with a win tonight against the Golden State Warriors. Mike McIntyre reports from Toronto. READ MORE
Charged in second slaying: Rodney Byron Williams — who is charged in the city’s latest homicide, a stabbing at Sherbrook Street and Sara Avenue — served prison time for the 2006 fatal stabbing of another man. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 21 C, and wind from the southwest at 10 km/h this morning and from the northwest at 20 km/h this afternoon.
What’s happening today
Plastic straws are pictured in North Vancouver, B.C. on Monday, June 4, 2018. The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
Plan to ban plastics: The Liberal government will announce a plan to eliminate single-use plastics such as drinking straws. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss the details in Montreal today. READ MORE
Addictions announcement: Provincial Health Minister Cameron Friesen will make an announcement about “mental health and addictions services” this morning.
Traffic note: Starting today, Fermor Avenue will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Lagimodiere Boulevard and Plessis Road for road reconstruction and widening that will continue until November.
In case you missed it
FILE – In this Oct. 10, 2016, file photo, Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz encourages the crowd from the dugout during the eighth inning in Game 3 of baseball’s American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians in Boston. Former Boston Red Sox slugger Ortiz was shot and wounded in his native Dominican Republic, his father told ESPN on Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Big Papi shot in back: Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz is in stable condition after he was ambushed in the Dominican Republic Sunday night. READ MORE
Going to Game 7: The Stanley Cup will be presented to the winning team Wednesday night in Boston after the Bruins beat the Blues to tie the NHL final 3-3. READ MORE
On this date
On June 10, 1960: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Tokyo, roughly 5,000 protesters surrounded the vehicle of U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower’s press secretary for more than an hour; the president said this would not change his plans to visit Japan on June 19. In Canada, a CCF MP suggested that some immigration department officials might have taken part in the Chinese immigration racket that was under investigation by the RCMP. Meanwhile, a Progressive Conservative MP called for a complete overhaul of the country’s Immigration Act, saying it was surrounded by frustration, bewilderment and confusion and calling the current legislation “one of the saddest statues on the books.”
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