Good morning. It's currently 11 degrees in Brantford, 10 in Kitchener, and 12 in Hamilton. The dollar is trading for 70.28 cents U.S., gas sitting at $1.84.9 a liter at most GTA stations. It's Friday, October the 2nd, and I'm Rob Kirwain. Niagara police have ruled out hate as a motivating factor to an assault last weekend. A 25-year-old suffered serious injuries after an altercation near St. Paul Street and Bond Street on Saturday night. Police say The victim started a verbal confrontation with some people that then turned into a physical confrontation. Police were initially looking into whether hate played a role in the incident. They now say that hate was not a motivating factor in the assault, but the crime attorney will have to decide whether it played a role afterwards. Thursday marked a big step forward for proponents of Canada's oil industry. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Fort McMurray, Alberta, where he announced the Pacific Link pipeline would be designated a project of national interest. The pipeline was sent crude to the BC coast and is the first project to receive the designation under Ottawa's Building Canada Act. The head of the Canadian Mental Health Association says any reduction in federal mental health funding would be problematic. Canada's provincial and territorial health ministers have been sounding the alarm about more than $1 billion in funding set to expire next March. It currently funds mental health, addictions and home care, and the health ministers are urging the federal government to renew the funding in the fall budget. CMHA President Marion Cooper says there's still significant need, even with the current level of funding. And Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutrick has made it to the International Space Station and says he is ready for some shut-eye. The Alberta-born mission specialist and his three crewmates made the trip over a busy 8 hours plus another two for docking procedures before they could relax. And before winding down, Kutrick says it's great to have Canada represented in space once again. In sports, Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and tallied 4 assists as the Edmonton Oilers outlasted the Vancouver Canucks for a wild 9-7 victory last night. Elsewhere in the NHL, the Seattle Kraken beat the Calgary Flames 6-1 in the season opener for both teams. Your forecast, showers ending late this morning, giving way to mainly cloudy skies and a high today of 20. Clear skies tonight with a low plus 5. Tomorrow, mainly sunny with a high of 18 and sunny on Sunday with a high of 21 degrees. Right now it's 11 degrees in Branford, 10 in Kitchener and 12 in Hamilton. I'm Rob Kerwain.