It's Monday, August 31st. Good morning. Looks like showers off and on. Chance of a thunderstorm, but really warm. Humidex of 30. The dollar trading 71.97 cents U.S. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, welcome back from the weekend. It's the last day of the month and the last week off before school starts. A pilot is in hospital after his plane reportedly went down west of Barrie. According to OPP, the plane crashed in a wooded area near Clearview Township. The 46-year-old was hospitalized but later airlifted to a Toronto trauma center. Bodies of two missing swimmers have been recovered near Grand Bend. Police said Friday afternoon a 66-year-old from London was last seen on a dock. His body was recovered Saturday. OPP on Saturday night issued a statement saying the body of another swimmer, a 36-year-old from Scarborough, was found near the Pinery Provincial Park. Three federal by-elections being held today in Ontario, Quebec and BC to fill recently vacated seats in Parliament. Voting is 9 to 9. this is still making the news with the whole changing the name of the lake because the US wanted to control who Canada could do business with and we said no. So Lake Ontario now appears on US Google Maps as Lake America. Premier Ford appeared on ABC over the weekend saying the change won't stick. So he unveiled a large sign in Hamilton under Lake Ontario with the words now and always. Don't expect the name change in New York. The state is openly refusing to recognize it. And this is kind of embarrassing. Hydro One, Metrolinx, the LCBO and the Government of Canada's Housing Infrastructure and Communities Canada website showed Lake America on their maps. One can only assume they work with a US company because Canadian maps were not supposed to be affected. MapQuest has spoken out and said they are not changing it. Light 99-3 Sports Baseball yesterday, the Jays blasted Seattle 7-0, pulling out a series sweep. They're off tonight. Start up a series in Cleveland tomorrow, 640. In the CFL yesterday, Ottawa lost to BC 45-24. The Tie Cats lost on Saturday, and so did the Argos. At the US Open tennis tournament, Dennis Shapovalov and Layla Fernandez both won their opening round singles matches. And Scotty Scheffler, not only the FedEx Cup champion for the second time, he leads the PGA Tour in career earnings over 130 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.
News Update: 8:00am, Monday August 31st 2026
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