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News Update: 8:00am, Friday October 16th,2026

News Update: 8:00am, Friday October 16th,2026
News Desk
Oct 16, 2026 | 8:20 AM

It's Friday, October 16th. Good morning. Still a warm 17 degrees right now in Brantford, 14 in Kitchener, 13 in Hamilton. The dollar 70.67 cents U.S. Gas up a cent to $1.81. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, it is warm right now, but bring a jacket. The temperature will drop this afternoon to 11, even worse overnight into the minuses. Details in the forecast. A fiery bus crash has killed three people, sent 19 to hospital in Calgary yesterday afternoon. According to reports, two transit buses, one of them with liquid natural gas collided. News spread fast on social media with photos showing one of the buses engulfed in flames. Police in Halton said they've laid more charges against a vape store owner accused of sexually assaulting a customer in Burlington. Police said the new charges come after three additional victims were identified. The 64 year old now faces a combined 8 counts of sex assault, 2 for indecent acts for incidents that allegedly took place in the summers of 2024 and this past year. And police said the route to Ontario's new border crossing with the United States is causing panic, confusion, and some drivers are going backwards the wrong way. Now because the 401 flows directly to the Gordy Howe border crossing, if a driver forgets to take the exit, they have to pass through the toll booth. That's when most people get scared and reverse course. Now according to OPP, if that happens, tell the person at the booth you made a mistake. They will direct you back without crossing over. Ontario's Ministry of Transportation said it's going to add more alerting drivers to the crossing. There have been 64 cases involving wrong way drivers. Sports baseball playoffs. The Brewers beat the Dodgers 6-4 to win the NLCS in four games. Cleveland beat Tampa Bay. That series resumes at 6 tonight. NFL last night, Denver beat Seattle in overtime. The Bills are in LA to face the Raiders Sunday 430. NHL last night, the Leafs lost to Buffalo in overtime. The Leafs host the Islanders tomorrow at 7. OHL tonight, Brantford hosts Barry. Kitchener hosts Niagara. Guelph hosts Flint. All games start at 7. Preseason NBA, the Raptors lost to the Knicks. Tonight they're in Detroit. And in the CFL tonight, the Argos are in Ottawa at 7. The Ty Cats are off this week. Weather looks like showers, windy, the temperature getting colder, falling to 11. Tonight showers, windy, a low of minus 1. Sunshine returns tomorrow with a high of 10. It gets up to 15 Sunday with sunshine. Right now it's 17 degrees in Brantford, 14 in Kitchener, it's 13 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.