Good morning, it's 13 degrees in Brantford, 14 in Kitchener, and 14 in Hamilton. The dollar's trading for 70.70 cents U.S. Gas is holding at $1.63.9 cents a liter at most GTA stations. It's Monday, July the 13th, and I'm Rob Kirwain. Provincial police say a person is dead after a multi-vehicle collision in Cambridge on Saturday. In a post to social media, OPP say officers responded to the area of the 401 near Townline Road around 1230 P.m. In an update, the OPP say 8 vehicles were involved in the collision, including a transport truck. 16 people were taken to hospital with injuries. One of the injured, the driver of a passenger vehicle, was transported to hospital with critical injuries, but was later pronounced dead. It's not yet known when the union representing Canadian auto workers will enter contract negotiations with Stellantis and General Motors. It comes after Unifor and the Ford Motor Company reached a tentative agreement covering roughly 5,000 workers at 5 plants in southern Ontario and one in Alberta. Details of the three-year deal are not being released until they are ratified by union members. Unifor has said talks with Stellantis and General Motors are expected to begin once the Ford agreement is ratified. Another illness besides Lyme disease is on the rise as tick regulations increase in Canada. A paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says it's important for physicians to consider anaplasmosis as a possible diagnosis for patients with unexplained fever who live in areas where ticks are endemic because it is highly treatable. And sad news this morning as New Zealand actor Sam Neil, best known for his work in Jurassic Park and The Piano, has died at the age of 78. A statement on the actor's social media page says his death in Sydney, Australia was sudden and unexpected. In 2023, Neil disclosed he had been diagnosed with cancer, though his family's statement says he was cancer free when he died and did not specify A cause of death. In sports, the Saskatchewan Roughriders outscored the visiting Hamilton Tiger Cats 27-0 in the second-half of their game en route to a 38-7 CFL win on Sunday. The riders improved to 4-1 while the Tie Cats, who were without injured quarterback Beau Levi Mitchell, slipped to 2-3. Your light 92 forecast, sunny skies today with a high 32, humid X 35, UV index 9 are very high, clear tonight with a low of 21. Tomorrow, sunny with a high of 35, humid X of 42 and a UV index of 10. Right now it's 13 degrees in Branford, 14 in Kitchener, and 14 in Hamilton. I'm Rob Kerwain.
News Update: 8:00am, Monday July 13th, 2026
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