Good morning. It's currently 11 degrees in Newmarket and Aurora. The dollar's trading for 70.28 cents U.S. gas sitting at $1.84.9 a liter at most GTA stations. I'm Rob Kerwain and it's Friday, October 2nd. A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle in Scarborough early this morning. Police were called to Midland and McNichol Avenues just before 2 A.m. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver involved fled the scene and no vehicle description has yet been made available. Midland was closed between Silver Star Boulevard and McNichol Avenue for the investigation but has since reopened. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. Thursday marked a big step forward for proponents of Canada's oil industry. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Fort McMurray, Alberta, where he announced the Pacific Link pipeline would be designated a project of national interest. The pipeline was sent crude to the BC coast and is the first project to receive the designation under Ottawa's Building Canada Act. The head of the Canadian Mental Health Association says any reduction in federal mental health funding would be problematic. Canada's provincial and territorial health ministers have been sounding the alarm about more than $1 billion in funding set to expire next March. It currently funds mental health, addictions and home care, and the health ministers are urging the federal government to renew the funding in the fall budget. CMHA President Marion Cooper says there's still significant need, even with the current level of funding. And Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutrick has made it to the International Space Station and says he is ready for some shut-eye. The Alberta-born mission specialist and his three crewmates made the trip over a busy 8 hours, plus another two for docking procedures before they could relax. And before winding down, Kutrick says it's great to have Canada represented in space once again. In sports, Conor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and tallied 4 assists as the Edmonton Oilers outlasted the Vancouver Canucks for a wild 9-7 victory last night. Elsewhere in the NHL, the Seattle Kraken beat the Calgary Flames 6-1 in the season opener for both teams. Your hot country forecast. We'll see showers ending this morning, then skies clearing up with a high today of 17 and a UV index of five or moderate. Tonight, a few clouds, fog patches developing overnight with a low plus 5. Tomorrow, mainly sunny with a high of 18, UV index 5 or moderate. And Sunday, we'll see a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 19 degrees. Right now, it is currently 11 degrees in Newmarket and Aurora. I'm Rob Kirwain.