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News Update: 8:00am, Friday July 24th, 2026

News Update: 8:00am, Friday July 24th, 2026
News Desk
Jul 24, 2026 | 8:27 AM

Currently 8 degrees in Branford, 9 in Kitchener, and 11 in Hamilton. The dollar is trading for 71.02 cents U.S., gas sitting at $1.80.9 a liter at most GTA stations. It's Friday, July 24th, and I'm Rob Kirwain. A joint investigation by the OPP and 25 other police services has led to 63 individuals being arrested, including residents from the Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara regions. Project Time was initiated by the Provincial Internet Child Exploitation Strategy. The project identified individuals who made, possessed, and distributed child sexual abuse materials. Detectives say a total of 213 charges were laid and 154 investigations are still ongoing. First Nations leaders are calling for a public inquiry into the provincial response to the wildfires blazing through kilometers of forest, saying the Ontario government left communities to fend for themselves without timely evacuation support. Aerial photographs have shown the devastation in one Northern Ontario First Nation as a wildfire tore through the region last week. Premier Doug Ford says his government did everything it could to respond to the wildfires. Ford has told wildfire evacuees not to return to their homes, and on Wednesday, OPP said anyone found in areas under closure would face hundreds of dollars in fines and possible demerit points. One of Canada's 13 premiers is pulling energy off the table as trade talks with the United States heat up. Prime Minister Mark Carney said yesterday that everything is on the table if his government cannot secure a deal to avoid a dramatic escalation in US tariffs next month. But Alberta and Saskatchewan have previously drawn a hard line against using their province's cross-border exports as a negotiation tactic. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is warning the US could cut off oil and natural gas exports to Ontario and Quebec if Canada got into a skirmish over energy. In sports, Shane Bieber pitched a season-high 7 innings to win his second straight start. George Springer reached base three times and drove in a run. And the Toronto Blue Jays beat the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Thursday to snap a four-game losing streak. Your light 92 forecast. Sunny skies become a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon with a high 26, humid X of 28. Clear tonight, a low 14. Tomorrow, sunny, a mix of sun and cloud with a chance of showers and the risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon with a high 27. Sunday, mix of sun and cloud, chance of showers, a high of 26. Currently, it's 8 in Branford, 9 in Kitchener, and 11 in Hamilton. I'm Rob Kerwane.