Ontario Daily Digest: Aug. 5, 2012

Agriculture

Ottawa Sun: Drought could send commodity prices soaring

Stratford Beacon Herald: Is this the homestretch for Ontario horseracing?

Algo Centre Mall inquiry

CTV News: Elliot Lake considers new mall on unused parkland

Economy

The Verge: High and low: what RIM's failure is doing to the people of Waterloo

Education

Globe and Mail: Ontario's deal with English Catholic teachers’ union starts to crumble

Welland Tribune: Teachers' union head upset over stalled talks

Elections Ontario

Toronto Sun - Editorial: ‘Unprecedented’ breach of privacy

Environment

Globe and Mail: Southern Ontario set to sizzle during long weekend

Ontario Citizen: Ottawa dodges smog, not heat

CBC Hamilton: Hamilton breaks yet another heat record

Globe and Mail: Ontario waste handlers challenge pay rates

Finance

Ottawa Sun: Sherring: Economic benefits to casino

Health Care

Toronto Sun: Tuberculosis fears at Scarborough hospital neo-natal unit

CTV News: 87 infants potentially exposed to TB at Toronto-area hospital

CBC Toronto: 87 newborns potentially exposed to tuberculosis

Toronto Star: Ministry of Health to close provincial women’s health agency

Windsor Star: LHIN misses performance targets

Ottawa Sun: Corbett: Doc on a mission

New York Times: A Novel Way to Prevent Hip Fractures

Infrastructure

NOW Magazine: Hope fading for Wellesley park?

Justice

Toronto Star: Toronto police TAVIS stop of four teens ends in arrests, captured on video

Ornge

Toronto Star: ORNGE investigation: Whistle-blower suspended after testifying at probe

Political Points (Yahoo!): With alarm bells ringing about Ornge, McGuinty kept pressing snooze: NDP

Toronto Sun - Batra: Ornge still squeezing Mazza and Matthews

Politics

Ottawa Sun: Gas fired plant to be hot issue in Ont. byelections

Public Health

Ottawa Sun: Rabies detected in bat

CBC Ottawa: Rabid bat sparks city-wide warning

Tourism and Culture

NOW Magazine: Ontario Place ours to take back

Training, Colleges and Universities

Sudbury Northern Life: Accreditation a 'significant achievement' for NOSM