Good Friday morning, December 19th. It's 1 degree right now in Brantford, 0 in Kitchener, 4 in Hamilton. Gas up is sent to a buck 23. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, it's the last day of school before the Christmas break. Winter officially arrives Sunday morning at 10.03 and a special weather statement to boot. Environment Canada calling for rain to freeze quickly with rapidly falling temperatures. We're expecting expecting really icy and slippery roads. Flurries and snow squalls are expected as well. Details on the way. Long Point Region Conservation Authority issuing a water safety alert for the entire Lake Erie shoreline. Strong winds may increase water levels. They could peak in western Haldimand County mid-afternoon. Bayham and Norfolk have a lower risk of minor flooding. Hamilton police arrested 21 people. They face 175 charges in a retail theft so big it spanned southern Ontario, Quebec and BC. Police began investigating in August after multiple retail thefts at Shoppers Drug Marts across Hamilton. Police say the people behind those thefts were tied to multiple large-scale thefts so big items were being trafficked at a commercial liquidation warehouse in Peel Region. And a pony that was on the lam over the weekend just outside of London has been captured and given a new home. Animal control were called on Sunday. The animal was finally corralled and held as a stray, but the family never came forward. So now the pony has a new home and a new name because Peanut was adopted. Animal control is reminding residents ponies and horses are only allowed on property zoned for agricultural purposes. Sports, NBA last night. The Raptors beat Milwaukee 111-105. They host Boston at 7 tomorrow. They travel to Brooklyn Sunday at 6. NFL last night. Seattle beat the LA Rams 38-37 in overtime. NHL last night. The Leafs were blanked by Washington. Winners included Montreal, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Calgary. Leafs are in Nashville tomorrow at 7. OHL yesterday. Guelph and Niagara both lost. Tonight among the games, the Kitchener Rangers host Owen Sound. Branford's in Kingston, Guelph and Sudbury, London host Sashawa, Niagara host Flint. All games start at 7. Weather. We're under a special weather statement. The temperature is expected to fall quickly with cold wind chills this afternoon. Rain changing to flurries about 5 centimeters, winds gusting up to 70 kilometers. It'll feel minus 15 this afternoon. Tonight, flurries, strong winds, a wind chill of minus 16. Sunshine tomorrow, windy in one. And then sunshine on Sunday, a slight chance of flurries and minus 5. Right now it's one in Brantford, 0 in Kitchener, 4 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.