It's Monday, January 5th, 2026. Welcome to the new year and welcome back from the weekend. It's a chilly morning, minus 6 feels minus 12 in Newmarket Aurora. Gas a dollar 24. I'm Stacey Anglehart. A large portion of southern Ontario under a weather alert, Environment Canada has issued A snowfall warning for York Region and the GTA, with up to 10 centimeters expected and reduced visibility. with heavy snow. Making things worse, government workers mandated back to the office so your commute is expected to be slow and slippery. York Region police say a child was critically injured after a house fire in Markham Friday. Police initially said the home was evacuated and no injuries were reported, but upon clearing the home, they found a child inside taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. As several countries condemned the weekend ouster of Venezuela as president by the U.S., protesters were calling for the federal government to support the right to self-determination for the Venezuelan people and for the U.S. to back away. The U.S. expressed interest in running that country. The military operation also left thousands of stranded tourists after the FAA temporarily closed airspace over the Caribbean. Hot Country Sports, Canada's medal at this year's World Junior Hockey Championship, if they get one, will not be a gold. After going unbeaten in four round robin games in the quarterfinals, Canada lost to Czechia in the semi, 6-4. They'll play Finland for bronze this afternoon, 4.30. Czechia plays Sweden in the gold medal game starting at 8.30 this morning. NFL winners yesterday included Buffalo over the Jets 35-8, Pittsburgh, Denver, Atlanta, Cleveland, the Giants, Minnesota, Houston, Jacksonville, the LA Rams, Detroit, New England, Washington, Las Vegas, marking the end of the regular season. NBA tonight, the Raptors host Atlanta 730. The Leafs coming off an overtime loss this weekend, host Florida tomorrow at 730. Hot country weather. We've got snow off and on today. 10 to 15 centimeters expected by this afternoon. Minus 1 feeling minus 3. Tonight cloudy and cold minus 7 with a wind chill of minus 12. Tomorrow we've got snow or ice pellets a couple centimeters expected and a high of 0. Right now it feels minus 12 in Newmarket Aurora. I'm Stacey Engelhart.
News Update, 8:00am, Monday, January 5th, 2026
Jan 05, 2026 | 8:12 AM