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News Update, 8:00am, Friday, February 27, 2026

News Update, 8:00am, Friday, February 27, 2026
News Desk
Feb 27, 2026 | 8:10 AM

It's Friday, February 27th. Good morning. Welcome to the weekend. It's -3 in Newmarket Aurora. Gas $1.33 a liter. I'm Stacey Engelhart. A Lindsay man accused of assaulting a home intruder last August has had his charges withdrawn. The Crown now says after reviewing the circumstances of the case and requirements for self-defense under the criminal code, there is no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction, leading some critics to argue how this case made it to the courts in the 1st place when there was no reasonable prospect of conviction. Premier Ford spoke out after the case was dropped, said people who break into somebody else's home need to pay the price, adding people will fight for their lives to protect their home and their families. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the U.S. is holding an Edmonton-born Canadian in what his fiancee says are harsh conditions. Curtis Wright has been living in the U.S. for about 30 years, but was stopped at the Houston airport over a high school drug conviction. The 39-year-old is trying to fight his detention as self-deporting back to Canada could jeopardize the shared custody of his two kids. And a new report said Rogers and Telus of Canada's most reliable mobile networks, but Bell wins for speed. Open Signal's annual ranking found Rogers and Telus tied with how often users can accomplish common tasks, but Bell maintained the best 5G download speeds of the major carriers, but was tied with Telus for top overall download speed. The report collected data from October through December and graded the big three providers across a variety of categories. Hot Country Sports, NHL last night. The Leafs lost again, this time to Florida 5-1. Montreal lost to the Islanders 4-3 in OT. Ottawa lost to Detroit in overtime. Calgary beat San Jose. Edmonton beat LA. Leafs host Ottawa tomorrow at 7. Baseball spring training. The Jays lost to Miami 8-7. They play Tampa Bay this afternoon at 1. PWHL, Toronto is in Seattle tonight at 10. And the Raptors will be in Washington tomorrow at 7. Hot country weather, few flurries this morning, then sunshine this afternoon and a high of four. Tonight, a chance of rain, then flurries before the morning, windy and -2. Flurries in the morning, falling to -7 in the afternoon, a wind chill feeling -13. And we start the day with sunshine, but we could see snow on Sunday with a high of -7. Right now, it's -3 in Newmarket Aurora. I'm Stacey Engelhart.