It's Friday, March 27th. Good morning. Welcome to the chilly weekend. It's minus 4 right now in Brantford, minus 4 in Hamilton, minus 6 in Kitchener. Gas down 5 cents, a dollar 66 on Stacey Engelhart. Blue Jays play their 50th season home opener tonight. We'll have the details coming up in sports. Ford Government unveiled the 2026 budget. The deficit will get worse to 13.8 billion in the coming year, and allocates billions for high-growth industries, including AI, defense, and advanced manufacturing. It also proposes a cut to the small business corporate income tax rate from 3.2% to 2.2%. Well, according to the budget, the LCBO's net income is expected to be about $1.9 billion, down from a projected $2.3 billion. Officials blame the downward trend on lower alcohol markups and changes in consumer preferences, while a report from Stats Can found people across the country are just buying less booze. A pair of Air Canada pilots killed in a crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport are now back on Canadian soil. The body of Jazz Aviation's First Officer Mackenzie Gunther was received at Ottawa's International Airport, while Captain Antoine Fare's body was flown from Ottawa to Montreal's Trudeau Airport. The incident is still being investigated. And the Juno's happening this weekend at TD Coliseum in Hamilton. While festivities have been ongoing since yesterday, expect some Rd. closures in and around the venue. May Martin will host the ceremony starting at 8 o'clock Sunday night with tributes for Joni Mitchell and Nelly Furtado. Sports a full slate of NHL games. Among them, Montreal lost to Columbus. Ottawa lost in a shootout. Leafs are in St. Louis tomorrow at 7. OHL playoffs. Niagara lost to Barry 4-1. Guelph lost to Windsor. Tonight, Kitchener hosts Saginaw, Brantford hosts Sudbury, London hosts Sault Ste. Marie. All games are at 7. PWHL tonight, Toronto hosts Boston at 7. In the NBA, the Raptors host New Orleans at 8.30. And the Blue Jays debut season number 50 tonight. It's their home opener against the Athletics at 7. Kevin Gausman gets the start for Toronto. Weather, mix of sun and cloud, windy in two this afternoon. Tonight, a few flurries, a cold wind chill feeling minus 13. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy, a few flurries, a high of two, sunshine Sunday, and a high of nine. Right now, it's minus 4 in Branford, minus 4 in Hamilton, minus 6 in Kitchener. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update, 8:00am, Friday, March 27, 2026
Mar 27, 2026 | 11:27 AM