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News Update, 8:00am, Monday, March 30, 2026

News Update, 8:00am, Monday, March 30, 2026
News Desk
Mar 30, 2026 | 8:04 AM

It's Monday, March 30th. Good morning. The temperature continues to warm. It's now 6 degrees in Newmarket Aurora. Gas up 9 cents from Friday to a buck 75. I'm Stacey Englehart. A welcome back from the weekend and to a shorter work week. Good Friday gives us a stat on Friday with Easter Sunday this weekend. Police in York Region investigating after two gas stations were robbed just hours apart. First one happened at about 8.15 last night in Vaughan. The other happened just after midnight in Markham. Police believe the same suspect is responsible for both. The federal New Democrat Party has a new leader. Filmmaker Abby Lewis was elected at the party's weekend convention in Winnipeg. Ontario's premier travels to Texas this week to expand provincial trade. Ford will be in Dallas, Houston and Austin to meet with automotive partners and government reps. Officials say Ontario's trade with Texas makes up nearly 50% of Canada's total trade with the United States. and the Juno's last night, Canada's version of the Grammys. Rush opened the ceremony with her first performance at an award show since 1978 with their new drummer, Annika Niles. She's filling in for Neil Peart, who died in 2020. Last night's show also honored Joni Mitchell. She accepted a lifetime achievement award from Prime Minister Mark Carney before joining in a tribute to Big Yellow Taxi. Drake suspended his feud with the Juno's to pay tribute to Nelly Furtado, who was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame. Hot Country Sports, the Raptors beat Orlando 139-87 and made history, holding the visitors scoreless for 7 minutes, 48 seconds. That was the largest unanswered scoring run by a team in the 30 seasons in the NBA. NHL last night, Montreal beat Carolina 3-1. Leafs were off and coming off a loss to St. Louis this weekend. They're back at it tonight in Anaheim at 10. PWHL Toronto lost to Vancouver 3-1. Blue Jays baseball debuted this weekend. What a way to start. They won all three games. Yesterday, a 5-2 victory over the Athletics. They're back at it tonight when they start up a home series against the Rockies at 7. Hot country weather, sunny, windy 16 this afternoon. Tonight, a chance of showers, thunderstorms, a low of 6. Tomorrow, showers, windy and 15. Right now, it's 6 degrees in Newmarket Aurora. I'm Stacey Englehart.