Good Monday morning, January 5th, 2026. Welcome back from the weekend and welcome to the new year. It's -3 right now in Brantford, -3 in Hamilton, -5 in Kitchener. The dollar 72.62 cents U.S. Gas a buck 24. I'm Stacey Englehart. While a large portion of Southern Ontario under weather alerts this morning, a special weather statement has been issued for a large portion from the Waterloo region through to Hamilton. But in the GTA, snowfall warnings are in place. Depending on where you are, upwards of 10 centimeters could fall from this morning into this afternoon. Now the timing is making things worse. With government workers mandated back to the office, the roads are expected to be busy and messy. As several countries condemned the weekend ouster of Venezuela's president by the U.S., protesters were calling for the federal government to support the right to self-determination for the Venezuelan people and for the U.S. to back away. The U.S. expressed interest in running that country. The military operation also left thousands of stranded tourists after the FAA temporarily closed airspace over the Caribbean. And the new year also means several new laws coming into effect, among them the mandatory installation of carbon monoxide alarms in homes, apartments, and condos. One must be installed on every story of the home, including levels that don't have sleeping areas. Sports, Canada will not be going for gold this year at the World Junior Hockey Championships. Canada's under-20 men's team lost to Czechia 6-4 in the semi-finals. Canada will play for bronze against Finland this afternoon, 4.30. you placed Sweden in the gold medal game at 8.30 this morning. NFL winners yesterday included Buffalo over the Jets 35-8, Pittsburgh, Denver, Atlanta, Cleveland, the Giants, Minnesota, Houston, Jacksonville, the LA Rams, Detroit, New England, Washington, Las Vegas, marking the end of the regular season. The Bills, who clinched the number six seed in the AFC, placed Jacksonville Sunday at 1. NBA tonight, the Raptors hosted Atlanta 730 and the Leafs coming off an overtime loss this weekend hosts Florida tomorrow at 7.30. Weather, we've got a bit of snow today with a risk of freezing drizzle. A couple centimeters expected windy and a high of 0. Tonight, cloudy minus 6. Tomorrow, freezing rain in the morning will change to rain near noon and a high of plus 3. Right now, it's minus 3 in Brantford, minus 3 in Hamilton, minus 5 in Kitchener. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update, 8:00am, Monday, January 5th, 2026
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