It's Tuesday, September 22nd. Good morning. Nine degrees right now in Brantford, 7 in Kitchener. It's 11 in Hamilton. The dollar 71.28 cents U.S. Gas $1.84. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, welcome to the first day of fall. It officially arrives tonight at 8.04. The Prime Minister opened the fall sitting of Parliament yesterday, tabling a bill to fast track approvals for major projects. Bill C-39 getting some pushback from environmental groups. The bill also proposes changes to collective bargaining, including the use of more federal mediators. While his tight schedule hit a snag, he was expected to be at the UN General Assembly yesterday, but his flight was delayed and he missed the first big event. According to reports, crews in New Jersey sliced through a critical fiber optic cable that grounded thousands of flights yesterday in some U.S. states. Prime Minister Carney was among those stranded. Canada's UN ambassador had to take his place at a major roundtable. Flights are recovering today. Another Marineland beluga has died in a Chicago aquarium. Osiris, a 26-year-old beluga, was among 30 whales moved out of the closed Niagara Falls tourist attraction. Shed took in 10 Marineland belugas. Three have since died. Another one died in Spain last week. And go transit service into Brantford is being considered to accommodate its rapidly growing population. According to the expositor, counselor Brian Van Tilburg made the proposition at a committee meeting September 15th. It will come to council for approval September 29th. Sports, baseball yesterday, the Jays lost to Baltimore 4-3. That Rd. series continues tonight, 630. NFL last night, the LA Rams blasted the Giants 28-6. NHL preseason. Montreal beat Ottawa 3-2 in overtime. Leafs back on the ice Wednesday with two split squad games against Ottawa. One is home, one's on the road. And in the WNBA, the Toronto Tempo are in Chicago tonight at 8. And Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski has won four titles in a WTA season for the first time. She teamed up with Brazil's Luisa Stefani to win at the SP Open in Sao Paulo. Weather, mix of sun and cloud this afternoon, windy, high Tonight a few clouds, windy, 8 sunshine returns tomorrow, windy and a high of 18. Right now it's 9 degrees in Brantford, 7 in Kitchener. It's 11 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.
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