It's Tuesday, May 19th. Good morning. Welcome back from the long weekend. It's 20 right now in Newmarket Aurora. The dollar 72.65 cents US. Gas a dollar 93. I'm Stacey Engelhart. Temperatures soared in southwestern Ontario yesterday as people celebrated Victoria Day. Now the heat will stick around a little longer today, but Environment Canada said after tonight, things start to cool. Details coming up in the forecast. Canada border service agents confirmed a major system outage impacting 11 of the country's busiest airports. Now the disruption has been resolved, but they warn delays may persist. The widespread outage disrupted customs processing at major hubs across Canada, including Pearson, Billy Bishop and Hamilton airports. A group trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza said a dozen Canadians, many of them from Ontario, are among the activists detained by Israeli forces. A Canadian delegation said they would go on a hunger strike if they were detained, saying it's also meant to bring attention to the prison system imposed on Palestinians. And StatsCan will release its April reading for inflation today. The annual rate rose to 2.4% in March as gas prices soared because of the war with the U.S. and Iran. Hot country sports baseball yesterday. The Blue Jays lost to the Yankees 7-6. That Rd. series continues at 7 tonight. NHL playoffs round two. Montreal beat Buffalo 3-2 and wins the series. They'll face Carolina in the Eastern Conference final starting Thursday. PWHL playoffs. Ottawa beat Montreal, cutting Montreal's lead two games to one. Game 4 Wednesday. World Men's Hockey Championship. Canada beat Denmark in the preliminary round. NBA playoffs, San Antonio beat Oklahoma City in double overtime for a 1-0 series lead. And tonight in the WNBA, Toronto is in Phoenix at 10. Hot country weather, heat warning continues today. We've got showers this afternoon, risk of a thunderstorm, windy and warm, with a humid X in the mid-30s. Tonight, showers, risk of a thunderstorm, windy and falling to 8. A little bit different tomorrow, sunny and 14. Right now, 20 feels 22 in Newmarket Aurora, I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update: 8:00am, Tuesday May 19, 2026
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