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Continued from page 39 years of long hours and weekends circle and he flipped over backwards The whole family is enjoying life in
and put it on the table. He pointed on a $50 million toxic tort/products trying to avoid them. This resulted Eastern Ontario and are all extremely
to the wallet and told me that for liability/environmental action, I in five jagged edged rib fractures, a happy that we made the move. It’s
the first couple of years there’d be decided to move to a more business- punctured left lung that filled with also kind of fun running into former
no income and that all my expenses related career path and developed blood over the following week, two classmates I haven’t seen in decades
would be coming out of my own a specialty doing procurement emergency surgeries, and the partial and catching up. Cornwall was
wallet. He also told me that I needed transformations, implementing “best loss of the lung during the second a special place to grow up in, had
to get a job that allowed me to travel in class” procurement practices and surgery. “While spending nine days great minor sports programs and
to all the big tournaments so I could negotiating large, complex deals for hooked up to tubes, recovering in provided an opportunity to develop
connect with the players and their several blue chip companies. the hospital, my wife and I started to life-long friendships from both
parents and convince the parents One of the deciding factors in discuss focusing more on family and school and hockey. Some of those
that I was the guy to represent their returning to Cornwall after having quality of life, and this prompted the hockey buddies I’m still quite close
kid. It was nice to meet Bob and not lived here for several years return to Cornwall and escaping the with and we have lots of fun getting
hear some of his stories, but after was a major on-ice injury suffered big city life in Toronto. together and reminiscing about the
thinking long and hard about it, I while coaching minor hockey in At work, I kept my team in Toronto old days. Now my kids have an
decided that I wasn’t giving up a Port Credit during the fall of 2023. and picked up a second team in opportunity to experience the same
solid income to go and do that. After Ross was demonstrating crossovers Ottawa after the move and now work lifestyle growing up, outside of the
working in the legal department of a with only his left toe dug in when out of Ottawa instead of commuting hustle and bustle of the GTA and
large corporation and spending six a group of kids entered the face-off into downtown TO from the suburbs. they’re loving it.”

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The Blue Jays are leading the American League east division going at the All-Star break.

Will they be contenders or pretenders this year?

Jake Lapierre -Conditioning Coach - The 2025 Blue Jays squad is having a very good season, and fans are certainly showing up to
the games or tuning in to Sports Net in full support. Leading up to the break, Jays have been progressively building momentum and
impressing bookies like sportsbooks listing the Jays as favourites to overtake the Yankees and win the AL East.
The Blue Jays offence, defence, and bullpen are all performing at a high level with standout players like Brendon Little, Yariel Rodriguez,
George Springer, Addison Barger, and Ernie Clement all contributing and elevating Jays performance.
If the Jays can add a dependable starter or two at the trade deadline and key contributors maintain their current performances, the Blue
Jays will be positioned as solid contenders this year.

Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - The Blue Jays have exceeded expectations so far this year with a 61-42 record heading into the last
week of July. They are presently 4 1/2 games up on the Yankees, and 6 1/2 up on the 3rd place Red Sox. There are still a lot of games left to
play this season, and things turn around very quickly. The trade deadline is coming up soon and what the Blue Jays do at that time could
determine if they are “contenders or pretenders.” Currently they are sitting in 1st place in a winnable division and the team is looking
good.

Peter Collins - Sports Enthusiast - Few imagined that the Blue Jays would be in contention at mid-season let alone leading the East.
Add to that the Jays have received little support from off-season acquisitions Scherzer, Santander, and Gold Glove center fielder, Daulton
Varsho. If they can return to form in the second half of the season, the Jays should be able to make the playoffs. So far this season the Jays
have been carried by a decent starting rotation, okay relief pitching, and timely hitting. Springer, Bichette, and Kirk have been excellent at
the plate, and Kirk has great behind the plate as well. If Guerrero, their best and most important player can improve on his so so first half
numbers and hit like he did last year, that would benefit the cause. So far this year he hasn’t really earned his fourteen year, five-hundred-
million-dollar contract. The Yankees, Red Sox and Rays haven’t run away with the division and all three teams have some pretty major
flaws that prevent them from doing so. This year the Jays may just have the team to make some noise in the east. Let’s hope we can watch
some playoff baseball in October from Roger’s Center.