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News Update: 8:00am, Monday June 29th, 2026

News Update: 8:00am, Monday June 29th, 2026
News Desk
Jun 29, 2026 | 10:22 AM

It's Monday, June 29th. Welcome back from the weekend. It's 17 right now in Brantford, 15 and Hamilton, 14 in Kitchener. The dollar 70.45 cents US. Oil still $69 a barrel. Gas is up a couple cents from Friday to $1.60. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, it's going to be hot over the next few days. According to Environment Canada, no watches or warnings yet, but they issued a note. We'll have details coming up in the forecast as Canada made history at the World Cup, the latest in sports. A search continues in waters off Vancouver's airport for several people still missing after a marine rescue. According to reports, boaters passing by saw people in the water with no flotation devices. Four were found. Officials believe 6 are unaccounted for. Rescue teams racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble more than four days after two powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela. The government reported just under 1,500 deaths. Thousands of people are still missing. As we get set to deal with stifling heat, a record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris. Public Health France reports between 1,200 and 1,400 deaths per day. The temperature's reportedly been over 40 degrees. Light 92 sports baseball yesterday. The Jays lost to Texas 3-2. They've lost six games in a row and back to work tonight with a home series against the Mets at 7. World Cup soccer yesterday. You can hear the whole country cheer when Stefan Estacchio scored in the final few minutes as Canada beat South Africa 1-0. It was the first knockout match victory in a World Cup for Canada. And we're back on the field Saturday. Now we'll face either the Netherlands or Morocco game is being decided tonight at 9. The rest of the schedule looks like this today. Brazil and Japan at 1. Germany plays Paraguay at 4.30. Light 92 weather. A prolonged period of very hot conditions expected according to Environment Canada. No warnings or watches just yet, but I'm sure one is on the way. We've got sunshine today with a humidex feeling in the upper 30s. Overnight a chance of showers, a low of 20, but it gets really hot tomorrow. Sunshine, a slight chance of showers, thunder Thunderstorms, a humid acts of 41. So just a heads up, there's always that potential of severe weather. Right now it's 17 in Branford, 15 in Hamilton, it's 14 in Kitchener. I'm Stacey Englehart.