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News Update: 8:00am, Thursday September 3rd, 2026

News Update: 8:00am, Thursday September 3rd, 2026
News Desk
Sep 03, 2026 | 8:34 AM

It's Thursday, September 3rd. Good morning. The long weekend starts tomorrow. We've got a few showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. Still really warm, a humidex of 31. Right now it's 20, the dollar 72.44 cents U.S. I'm Stacey Englehart. Cleanup this morning continues after storms swept through parts of Montreal yesterday. Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm morning in the Vaudray-Soulange region. The storm brought torrential rains, intense lightning, and knocked out power to about 2,000 customers. Now, the same system is also responsible for damage in Ontario. Residents dealt with so much water and hail, some motorists were stranded in their cars waist deep in water. Numerous flights out of Pearson were also canceled. Several buildings were damaged. A group of Montreal lawyers preparing to file legal action against the Quebec government over the French-only election mail-outs. Now, Elections Quebec said it wanted an exemption but was refused. Eric Meldof, one of the lawyers drafting the challenge, said the government is impeding the right of English-speaking voters to access the information and said there's nothing in the law that permits them to do what they're doing. The election documents will include a QR code that English-speaking voters can scan to access the information in English. But that's only if they know how to read French first or be tech savvy enough and have a smartphone. The federal government announced yesterday it's extending the 10 centilitre tax break at Canadian Pumps till January. It will be followed by a three-month phase-in of the tax. there's been an update on how many Canadians are missing after last week's flooding at the Himalayan border. A Canadian citizen unaccounted for has been deemed safe. 29 others remain missing. Rescue and recovery operations continue where flash flooding killed over 1200 people. More than 4200 others are still missing. Light 1067 Sports Baseball yesterday. The Jays blasted Cleveland 11-0. That Rd. series wraps up this afternoon. They've got a game at 110. Canadian Soccer Championship Semi-finals Leg 1, CF Montreal tied with Vancouver 1-1. At the US Open tennis tournament, Laval's Layla Fernandez advances to the third round of women's singles. She plays Jessica Pegula of the US tomorrow. Ontario's Dennis Shapovalov also on to the third round of men's singles. He'll Ben Shelton of the U.S. tomorrow. Both games start at 11. Light 1067 weather. We've got some sunshine today. A slight chance of showers or a thunderstorm this afternoon. Humidex of 33. Few clouds tonight. Chance of showers. Thunderstorms a low 17. Sunshine returns tomorrow. Still a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Humidex feeling 30. Right now it's 20. From the Light 1067 News Center, I'm Stacey Englehart.