It's Wednesday, September 2nd. Happy hump day. 21 feels 26 right now in Brantford. Humidex at 25 in Hamilton feels 23 in Kitchener. Gas down ascent to a buck 82. I'm Stacey Anglehart. While we approach the final weekend before school starts next week, we've got two weather alerts, a fog advisory and a heat warning. Details on the way. The Bank of Canada dangles another carrat of affordability. today, the interest rate is expected to stay unchanged. And the most likely reason is GDP numbers were stronger than expected. Here's an interesting side note. The government can artificially inflate GDP numbers with their spending, still making it less affordable for Canadians. According to stats, they've triggered or prolonged Bank of Canada rate hikes during almost every major inflationary period since the 70s with GDP spending. Here's a fun fact about grocery prices we all know it's been unaffordable for the last several years, but just the past year alone, beef prices surged 12.4%. Overall food inflation up 6%. What's more disturbing, one in four Canadians do not have consistent, dependable access to enough food. Niagara police looking for witnesses after a weekend crash left a 20 year old Hamilton man with serious injuries. Police said it happened after midnight Saturday in Thorold. A 2015 Ford Fusion went off the road after a driver lost control. They're looking for anybody who may have dash cam footage. And a bald eagle is on the mend after being rescued in Brantford. According to reports, he was covered in a sticky substance at a Brantford landfill on Monday. A supervisor called city bylaw the bird was unable to fly. The eagle has since been given several baths and it will take weeks before he can fly and be released. Sports, baseball yesterday, the Blue Jays were blasted by Cleveland 6-1. That Rd. series continues tonight 6-40. The Canadian Soccer Championship semi-finals leg one. Hamilton Forge and Supre du Quebec tied 1-1. Leg two is in Hamilton September 15th. Tonight CF Montreal plays Vancouver for round one. Weather, we're under a heat warning and a fog advisory. Now the fog is expected to lift this morning, but it is going to be hot today with a humidex of 40. Although showers mixed with thunderstorms a possibility and winds gusting upwards of 40. So just a heads up, there's always that potential of severe weather. Another chance of rain and thunderstorms tonight, low of 19. Another chance of rain and thunderstorms late in the afternoon tomorrow. Still quite warm, a humidex in the upper 30s. Right now it feels 26 degrees in Brantford, feels 25 in Hamilton, humidex at 23 in Kitchener. I'm Stacey Englehart.
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