It's Tuesday, April 28th. Good morning. 15 right now in Brantford. Gas $1.77. I'm Stacey Englehart. An OPP officer has died after a collision on the 401 yesterday in Coburg. According to reports, Sergeant Brandon Malcolm died in a single vehicle collision involving a police motorcycle. OPP Commissioner Thomas Karik said there's no evidence to suggest another vehicle was involved. Investigators are still looking into the circumstances. Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals expected to release their spring economic statement today. Opposition critics calling for spending restraint. Honda is recalling nearly 40,000 minivans across the country because of a safety risk related to unexpected airbag deployment. Now, according to a notice from Transport Canada, certain models of the Honda Odyssey from the years 2018 through 2022 are affected. A software problem can apparently cause the side airbag to inflate unexpectedly. On Microsoft, Outlook and Hotmail users across the country have experienced significant login and e-mail outages since early yesterday morning. Microsoft confirmed the issue, affected users on the default iOS mail app, and has since issued a fix. Hot country sports, baseball yesterday. The Blue Jays were blanked by Boston 5-0. That home series continues tonight at 7. NHL playoffs. Pittsburgh beat Philly 3-2, cutting the Flyers lead three games to two. Elsewhere, Vegas edged Utah in overtime, tying that series at 2. Montreal is in Tampa Bay for game 6 tomorrow. Tonight, Buffalo hosts Boston. They have a 3-1 series lead. Minnesota is in Dallas. The series tied 2-2. Edmonton hosts Anaheim trailing in the series 3-1. OHL Western Conference final last night. Kitchener lost to Windsor 4-2. They still have a 2-1 series lead. Game 5 is in Kitchener Friday. Tonight, Brantford is in Bury at 7. Brantford leads 2-1. And NBA playoffs resumes for the Raptors tomorrow. They'll be in Cleveland for game 5. Hot country weather, showers off and on, could see a thunderstorm, strong winds, but a warm high of 21. Tonight, windy and six, rain and 11 tomorrow. Right now, it's 15 degrees in Brantford. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update, 8:00am, Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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