It's Thursday, August 13th. Good morning. Sunshine this afternoon. A humidex close to 30. The dollar 71.73 cents U.S. I'm Stacey Englehart. Police continue to seek additional information from the public in connection to a homicide investigation in Midland. On Friday, July 31st, just after 9, Southern Georgian Bay OPP were called to gunshots at an apartment complex on King Street. An 18-year-old from Toronto died in hospital. Investigators continue to look for pictures, video recordings, including surveillance and dash cam footage from anyone in the area of Little Egg Park, King Street and surrounding roads between 7 and 9 Friday, July 31st. Four players from Canada's 2018 World Junior Hockey team acquitted of sex assault in a trial last year will stay suspended from Hockey Canada sanctioned programs. An independent appeal board ruled they breached the Hockey Canada code of conduct. Five were acquitted last July because of a lack of evidence. On the more disturbing part, one of the text messages some might consider evidence that detailed the physical assault happening to the victim that the victim maintained happened was excluded from the trial because the judge deemed it unreliable hearsay and instead relied on the testimony of the boy who said he just couldn't remember. Legal experts argue the trial represented a step backwards for how Canadian courts handle consent. By the way, if you want to read that text, a quick AI search will find it for you. And Canada's bankruptcy monitor said insolvencies jumped 11.5% year over year in June. The updated figures from the Office of the Superintendent are floating around levels not seen since the global financial crisis of more than 15 years ago. FYI, 15 years ago the Bank of Canada rate was 0.25%, while Canadians continue to struggle under today's rate of 2.25%. Light 99-3 Sports Baseball yesterday, the Jays beat Boston 6-4. That home series wraps up with one more game this afternoon, 3 o'clock. In the WNBA, the Toronto Tempo have now lost 10 in a row, 94-88 to Dallas. The women's final set for the National Bank Open in Toronto. Former world number one Egis Fiontek of Poland will face Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan at 6 o'clock tonight for the title. On the men's side, it's the US versus the US 25-year-old Miranda Nakashima will face defending champion Ben Shelton. NFL preseason kicks off tonight with six games and the Bills play their first preseason game Saturday. 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, Thursday August 13th, 2026
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