TORONTO – Parts of southern Ontario are under a freezing rain warning as a low pressure system moves it way across the region Wednesday morning.
Areas north of the Greater Toronto Area including Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Newmarket and northern York Region will be affected by the weather system.
Patchy freezing rain may last for several hours before temperatures rise above freezing later this morning southeast of Lake Huron, and this afternoon east of Georgian Bay.
WEATHER
Periods of rain ending early this morning then mainly cloudy. Risk of freezing rain over northern sections early this morning. High 7.
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SPORTS
Maple Leafs:
The Leafs suffered their fifth straight loss against the hands of the San Jose Sharks last night at the Air Canada Centre. Penalties derailed Toronto as they fell 4-2.
Raptors:
The Golden State Warriors rallied from 27 points down in the second half to beat the Toronto Raptors 112-103 Tuesday night.
IN THE NEWS…
One man is dead and a teenaged girl is in custody following a fatal stabbing in Mississauga.
A woman convicted of fatally starving her five-year-old grandson is expected to testify in person today at a coroner’s inquest into his death.
An environmental group has ranked Canada’s five largest cosmetics companies based on potentially harmful ingredients in their products.
Music mashup master Daniel Kim unveiled his annual Pop Danthologymix on Tuesday, blending 68 songs from the past year into one infectious track.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, makes an announcement regarding the Positive Pregnancy Programme that provides support to pregnant women with HIV and women at risk of HIV. (9 a.m. at Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre)
Tourism Minister Michael Chan, Education Minister Liz Sandals and Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games CEO Ian Troop will launch a new program to help young people lead healthier and more active lifestyles. (9 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School)
A hearing will take place in which the government of Canada will ask for a leave to appeal an Ontario court ruling which gave the green light to a class action lawsuit which claims a loss of cultural identity was suffered by aboriginal children adopted into non-indigenous homes during the “Sixties Scoop.” (10 a.m. at Osgoode Hall)
Yasir Naqvi, minister of Labour, makes an announcement about protecting workers in Ontario. (10 a.m. at YMCA, 20 Grosvenor St.)
The province holds a public meeting to kick-off the design process for the new urban park and waterfront trail at Ontario Place. (6 p.m. at Metro Toronto Convention Centre)
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