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News Update, 8:00am, Tuesday, December 16, 2025

News Update, 8:00am, Tuesday, December 16, 2025
News Desk
Dec 16, 2025 | 8:28 AM

It's Tuesday, December 16th. Good morning, minus 9 right now in Brantford, minus 8 in Kitchener, minus 8 in Hamilton. The dollar 72.60 cents U.S. gas a buck 25. I'm Stacey Englehart. Brantford police looking for a missing 37-year-old woman. Amanda is 5'5 with long dark brown hair, blue eyes, last seen wearing a blue jacket, black leggings, and pink sneakers. She was last seen in Brantford December 7th. OPP say four people taken to hospital after a vehicle in a horse and buggy collided in Perth County. All passengers in the buggy seriously injured. One was airlifted to hospital. The investigation continues. As we get set for the final week of Christmas shopping, a warning from police. Make sure you double check that the gift card you're purchasing wasn't tampered with. A Kitchener man has been charged after police seized more than 550 fraudulent gift cards. Officers say the 39-year-old was seen hiding authentic gift cards out of store, then replacing them with the tampered ones. Ontario has no plans to sell off a stockpile of U.S. alcohol sitting in storage. Premier Ford said he doesn't want to sell it during the holidays because it could stop people from buying local. He pulled it from LCBO shelves earlier this year in response to U.S. tariffs. The annual inflation rate in the province rose a bit in November, 1.9%. StatsCan said grocery prices rose as the price of gas and travel tours fell. And police say the son of Rob Reiner remains in jail without bail for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing Sunday of the director, actor and his wife Michelle at their home in LA. He was 78. She was 68. They had three children together. Light 92 Sports, NBA last night. The Raptors beat Miami 106-96. They're in Milwaukee Thursday at 8. NFL last night. Pittsburgh beat Miami 28-15. NHL last night. Ottawa edged Winnipeg and OT. Anaheim, Florida, Dallas, Nashville, all winners. Leafs host Chicago tonight at 7. And Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko has been named the WTA's Newcomer of the Year. The 19-year-old from Burlington won the National Bank Open in Montreal, defeating 4 Grand Slam singles champions. A light 92 weather. We've got a mix of sun and cloud. Windy this afternoon. The wind chill feeling close to minus 11. Tonight, cloudy, windy. It warms up to plus 2 by the morning. Cloudy, windy, plus 4 tomorrow. Rain and five on Thursday. Right now it's minus 9 in Brantford, minus 8 in Kitchener, minus 8 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.