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News Update, 8:00am, Monday, December 1st, 2025

News Update, 8:00am, Monday, December 1st, 2025
News Desk
Dec 01, 2025 | 8:11 AM

Good Monday morning, December 1st. Welcome back from the weekend. Welcome to the beginning of the month. And welcome to Cyber Monday. We've got sunshine this afternoon, a bit windy, and cold, the wind chill feeling minus 11. Right now, minus 1 feels minus 7. The dollar 71.44 cents U.S. I'm Stacey Engelhart. A four-alarm fire at an auto recycling center in Laval was still burning yesterday morning. According to police, they were called before noon Saturday to a building in the city's Saint-Francois district. Firefighters from neighboring municipalities were called in to help. The building is considered a total loss. Luckily, nobody was injured. A fire in the Rosemont Lapte Patri borough yesterday morning has displaced a family. According to reports, Montreal Fire called just after 8 A.m. yesterday morning. A family living on the ground floor of the 16-unit building had to be evacuated. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Hong Kong officials say the protective netting that covered scaffolding around several high-rise apartment buildings that caught fire last week did not meet codes for fire resistance. Fire broke out Wednesday, wasn't extinguished until Friday. 146 people were killed, 100 people are still missing. 11 people were arrested in connection to the blaze, including an engineering consultant. Cleanup work continues at the scene of a train derailment Saturday in a remote area of BC. An assessment found 12 cars jumped the tracks, including some carrying wood and propane. In an update, the rail company said repairs were finished, safety inspections were completed, and the corridor has now reopened to railway traffic. And Stats Can set to release the latest look on the job market near the end of the week. The agency will publish its labor force survey for November on Friday. It's the last major economic data point before the Bank of Canada makes its interest rate decision December 10th. Light 1067 Sports NBA last night after winning nine in a row. The Raptors lost a pair of games this weekend. Yesterday to the Knicks won 1694. They lost to Charlotte Saturday. Raptors host Portland tomorrow 7.30. NHL last night. Calgary lost to Carolina. Ottawa lost to Dallas. Montreal coming off a loss to Colorado Saturday. Host Ottawa tomorrow at 7. And NFL winners include Tampa Bay, the Jets, Houston, Jacksonville, Carolina, Miami, San Prince, Seattle, Buffalo, the LA Chargers, Denver. Tonight, the Giants are in New England, 815. Light 1067 weather. We've got sunshine today, windy and cold, minus 7 is what it'll fall to this afternoon with a wind chill feeling minus 11. Tonight, mostly clear. Light snow before the morning, still really cold. A windshield feeling minus 12. Light snow tomorrow, maybe 2 centimeters, and a cold high minus 5, feeling minus 9. Right now, it feels minus 8 degrees. From the Light 1067 News Center, I'm Stacey Englehart.