It's Monday, March 30th. Good morning. Now 5 degrees in Brantford, 6 in Kitchener, 6 in Hamilton, the dollar 71.85 cents US. Gas up 9 cents from Friday, a buck 75. I'm Stacey Engelhart. Welcome back from the weekend and a shorter work week. Good Friday gives us a stat on Friday. It's Easter Sunday this weekend. Police in Waterloo looking for two teens accused of stabbing a 25-year-old in the university district. Investigators believe they're about 16 years of age. Federal NDP have chosen a new leader. Filmmaker Abby Lewis was elected at the party's weekend convention in Winnipeg. Ontario's premier travels to Texas this week to expand provincial trade. Ford will be in Dallas, Houston and Austin to meet with automotive partners and government reps. Officials say Ontario's trade with Texas makes up nearly 50% of Canada's total trade with the United States. Death toll continues to climb as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran now affects the Middle East. In Lebanon, officials say over 1,200 people have been killed, and it could be worse after Israel announced an expanded invasion. Iranian authorities say more than 1,900 are dead, with Iraq, the West Bank and U.S. service members also reporting casualties. and it was the Juno's last night. Rock legends Rush opened the ceremony with their first performance at an award show since 1978 with their new drummer, Anika Niles. She's filling in for Neil Peer, who died in 2020. Last night's show in Hamilton also saw Joni Mitchell accept a lifetime achievement award from Prime Minister Carney. Drake suspended his feud with the Junos to pay tribute to Nelly Furtado, who was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame. Sports, the Raptors made NBA history after beating Orlando 139-87. They held the visitors scoreless for 7 minutes, 48 seconds. That's the largest unanswered scoring run by a team in the 30 seasons of the NBA. NHL last night, Montreal beat Carolina 3-1. Leafs coming off a loss to St. Louis this weekend. Back to work tonight in Anaheim at 10. PWHL Toronto lost to Vancouver. OHL playoffs. Kitchener beat Saginaw for a 2-0 lead. Brantford edge Sudbury to take a 2-0 lead. Blue Jays baseball debuted this weekend. What a way to start. They won all three games. Yesterday was a 5-2 win over the Athletics. Jays back to work tonight. They start up a home series against Colorado at 7. weather. Sunny, windy, and 18 this afternoon. Tonight, showers, risk of a thunderstorm, windy and eight. Tomorrow, showers off and on, windy, but still nice and warm, getting up to 18 degrees. Right now, it's 5 degrees in Brantford, 6 in Kitchener, 6 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update, 8:00am, Monday, March 30, 2026
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