It's Thursday, February 19th. Good morning, minus 1 right now in Brantford, minus 3 in Kitchener, 0 in Hamilton. The dollar trading at 73.13 cents U.S., gas a buck 31. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, yesterday's freezing rain having a major effect again today. All schools are closed in zones 1, 2, 3, and 4. So that's Norfolk Hall. Alderman, Brant County, and Brantford because of ice buildup on transportation routes. Now yesterday it caused about 160 collisions in the GTHA. One of them saw a school bus slide into a ditch in Oxford County, sent four kids to hospital. Luckily they weren't seriously injured. Many school buses had been canceled in southern Ontario in anticipation of the storm, just not that one. it appears Carney's poaching of the Conservative Party continues. Member of Parliament Matt Genaru crossed the floor to join the Liberals, becoming the third Conservative to switch sides in recent months. The Prime Minister is trying to gain enough seats to secure a majority, but Genaru says he was the one that reached out to the PM's office. General Motors will spend about $63 million to upgrade stamping operations at its assembly plant in Oshawa. They intend to build a new gas-powered full-size pickup, Oshawa's GM's only active vehicle assembly plant in the country. And the head of Cineplex blames bad Canadian films. Because of the films doing poorly in cinemas, the CEO said audiences would support domestic movies if they could connect with the content. Industry data shows Canadian films earned significantly less at the box office last year. Sports, day 13 dawns at the Olympics. Canada now 14 medals. Stephen Dubois added a gold in the men's 500 meter speed skating race. The country took bronze in the women's 3,000 meter short track relay. Canada's women's hockey team guaranteed a silver today. They battle the U.S. for gold. Game time starts at 110. Canada's men's team beat Czechia yesterday three in overtime, so they advance to the semi-finals against Finland tomorrow. Our medal count on day 13, 14 medals, including four gold, 4 silver, and six bronze. And the NBA is back in action tonight. The Raptors are in Chicago at 8. Weather, we've got a chance of showers, windy, and a high of plus two this afternoon. Tonight, showers windy in one. Tomorrow, more rain, windy, but a high of plus five. Right now, it's minus one in Brantford, minus 3 and Kitchener, Zero in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.