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• Blue Jays to help Blind River complete ball field improvements

  The township is one of fourteen municipalities nationwide to receive funding through the Toronto Blue Jays Field of Dreams program, which will help it condense a near decade-long project to just this summer.

  

• Timmins trail cleanup brings community support

  The spring melt is uncovering all of the garbage improperly tossed along and around local trails.

  

• Minister suggests with Bill C-10, regulations could apply to accounts with a large enough following

  While the government continues to insist that individuals' online audio or video content won't be subject to federal regulations under Bill C-10, the Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications Commission (CRTC) could impose regulations on accounts that have a large enough following or are making enough money off of it, according to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.

• Ontario reports more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, 47 additional deaths

  Ontario health officials are reporting more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases and 47 additional deaths related to the disease, which marks the highest death tally since mid-February.

• Some universities say no to proof of vaccination requirement

  A COVID-19 vaccine likely won't be a requirement to return to the physical classroom at some universities in September, with several large schools saying they have no intention of mandating proof of immunization for students.

• More Jerusalem clashes on eve of contentious Israeli parade

  Israeli police faced off with Palestinian protesters Sunday in another night of clashes in east Jerusalem, a day before Israeli nationalists planned to parade through the Old City in an annual flag-waving display meant to cement Israeli claims to the contested area.

• Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital

  Grieving families buried their dead Sunday following a horrific bombing at a girls' school in the Afghan capital that killed 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old.

• China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry

  China's space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth's atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and that most of it burned up early Sunday.

• For a view of a COVID-19 future, Canadians should look across the pond

  Britain, like Canada, is one of the only countries in the world to delay second doses for several months, so that more people can get protected from at least one dose faster. Now, after half the British population has had a single vaccine dose, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all down significantly.

• Obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk of severe COVID-19: study

  A new study has found that people with a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea had increased odds of having COVID-19 and were twice as likely to be hospitalized with the disease or treated for it in an intensive care unit.