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News Update: 8:00am, Thursday September 3rd, 2026

News Update: 8:00am, Thursday September 3rd, 2026
News Desk
Sep 03, 2026 | 8:35 AM

It's Thursday, September 3rd. Good morning. The long weekend starts tomorrow and we've got beautiful weather today. Sunshine, humidex close to 30. The dollar 72.44 cents U.S. I'm Stacey Englehart. Some wild weather yesterday. Severe storms across southwestern Ontario caused power outages, flooding and may have even spawned a tornado near Kitchener. According to reports, was spotted in Wellesley. Weather office issued multiple extreme weather alerts as the skies look like the nighttime with intense weather bringing torrential rain, large hail and strong gusty winds. There were multiple reports of fallen trees and downed power lines. Hydro One reported about 52,000 customers were in the dark. Pearson Airport also reported numerous delays and cancellations. The federal government announced yesterday it's extending the 10 centiliter tax break at Canadian pumps until January. It will be followed by a three-month phase-in of the tax. There's been an update on how many Canadians are still missing after last week's catastrophic flooding at the Himalayan border. One Canadian citizen unaccounted for has been deemed safe Ottawa said they're still looking for 29 others. Rescue and recovery operations continue where flash flooding has killed over 1200 people. More than 4200 others are missing. And health care in Grey Bruce is getting a major boost. Brayshore's health system is welcoming 14 new specialized physicians to the region this year, 12 already on the job with two more arriving in the fall. According to a news release, the new recruits cover critical gaps in oncology, emergency medicine, psychiatry and surgery. Plus several of them are also family doctors who recently set up practice. Light 99-3 sports baseball yesterday, the Blue Jays blasted Cleveland 11-0. That Rd. series wraps up with one more game this afternoon at 110. The Canadian Championship Soccer Semi-finals leg one, see up Montreal and Vancouver tied at one. At the US Open tennis tournament, Dennis Shapovalov is on to the third round of men's singles. He'll face Canadian Open champ Ben Shelton of the US tomorrow. Laval's Leila Fernandez also advances to the third round. She plays Jessica Pegula of the US. Both games tomorrow start at 11. And the NBA declined to suspend Kawhi Leonard or void his contract after its salary cap circumvention investigation into the Clippers. cleared a major hurdle for his return to the Raptors. The league announced it stripped the Clippers of five first round picks from 2029 through 2033 and find the team 30 million U.S. JD will keep you posted on the forecast throughout the morning. From the Light 99-3 News Center, I'm Stacey Engelhart.