It's Wednesday, October 28th. Good morning. Happy hump day. It's 10 degrees in Newmarket Aurora. The dollar 71.21 cents US. Gas a dollar 78. I'm Stacey Englehart. All recent data showed about half of all Canadians are struggling to pay their bills and make ends meet. And it looks like the Bank of Canada is only going to make things worse by hiking interest rates. Financial markets and economists are betting Governor Tiff Macklem will deliver a quarter point interest rate hike this morning. So expect your variable rate mortgage to go up. Premier Ford coming under fire for promoting a former cabinet minister who resigned over an expense scandal. Stancho stepped down as tourism, culture and gaming minister in July when he was caught expensing thousands of Toronto hotel stays despite living in Toronto. So Ford promoted Cho to parliamentary assistant to the education minister, which comes with a $22,000 payment bump so that could cover the expenses he had to pay back. Two people have died after a multi-vehicle collision east of Georgina. Police were called yesterday to a crash involving a dump truck, a pickup and a vehicle on Highway 12 in Brock. A 30-year-old woman and 33-year-old man died at the scene. And the clock is ticking for whoever bought a $40 million winning Lotto Max ticket. OLG said the ticket was bought last October 28th in Great Bruce. So if it goes unclaimed, somebody loses $40 million. Hot Country Sports World Series continued last night. Tampa Bay beat Milwaukee 4-3 in 12 innings. Milwaukee still has a 3-1 series lead and that series could be decided tonight when Tampa Bay hosts Milwaukee at 8. NHL last night, Montreal blank St. Louis 2-0. Vancouver edge Anaheim in OT. Winnipeg and Ottawa both lost. Leafs are in Seattle tonight at 10. Major League Soccer, Toronto FC hosts DC United 730. And in the NBA tonight, the Raptors host Orlando 730. Kawhi Leonard will be out for the week at least due to swelling in his knee. Hot country weather. We've got a slight chance of showers this morning, otherwise sunny and 16 this afternoon. Tonight cloudy and six. Tomorrow sunshine expected just a slight chance of showers, but it gets up to 21. Right now it's 10 degrees in New Market Aurora. I'm Stacey Englehart.