It's Thursday, August 13th. Good morning. 18 degrees right now in Brantford, 18 in Hamilton. It's 15 in Kitchener. Gas a buck 70. I'm Stacey Englehart. As Canadians continue to struggle with the high cost of living, let's see the Bank of Canada ignore this latest indicator. Canada's bankruptcy monitor said insolvencies jumped 11.5% year over year in June. The latest figures are floating around levels we have not seen since the global financial crisis more than 15 years ago. By the way, 15 years ago, the Bank of Canada rate was dropped to 0.25%, while Canadians continue to struggle under today's rate of 2.25%. Four players from Canada's 2018 World Junior Hockey team acquitted of sex assault in a trial last year will stay suspended from Hockey Canada sanctioned programs. An independent appeal board ruled they breached the Hockey Canada code of conduct. Five were acquitted last July because of a lack of evidence. On the more disturbing part, one of the text messages some might consider evidence that detailed the physical assault happening to the victim that the victim maintained happened was excluded from the trial because the judge deemed it unreliable hearsay and instead relied on the testimony of the boy who said he just couldn't remember. Legal experts argue the trial represented a step backwards for how Canadian courts handle consent. By the way, if you want to read that text, a quick AI search will find it for you. And several Latin music stars are raising money for those impacted by devastating earthquakes in Colombia and Venezuela. The Venezuelan earthquake on June 24th killed at least 6300 people. Monday's earthquake in Colombia killed almost 300 hundreds are still reported missing. Light 92 sports. Baseball yesterday, the Blue Jays beat Boston 6-4. That home series wraps up with one more game this afternoon at 3. The Toronto Tempo now lost 10 in a row. Yesterday 94-88 to Dallas. The women's final is set for the National Bank Open in Toronto tonight. Former world number one Aegis Fiontek of Poland will face Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan at 6 o'clock tonight. On the men's side, the US plays the US. Brandon Kashima will face defending champion Ben Shelton tonight at 8. The NFL preseason kicks off tonight with six games. The Bills start their preseason on Saturday afternoon. Light 92 weather, sunshine today, a humidex in the low 30s. Tonight clear 15. We'll see mostly cloud cover tomorrow, but still nice and warm with a humidex close to 30. Right now it's 18 degrees in Brantford, 15 in Kitchener, it's 18 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.