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News Update, 8:00am, Wednesday, January 14th, 2026

News Update, 8:00am, Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
News Desk
Jan 14, 2026 | 8:00 AM
Brant OPP are investigating after a home was hit by gunfire early yesterday morning. 
Police say the home in St. George was targeted just after 3am.
Surveillance video shows a dark-coloured vehicle pulled into the driveway and two suspects fired several rounds.
The homeowner told police he doesn’t know the suspects. 
The Brant County Crime Unit is asking German School Road residents with video surveillance systems to check their footage for the vehicles or suspects involved. 
Some Canadians manage to contact family members for the first time in days as Iran eases some restrictions to allow international calls, but not everyone was lucky enough to reconnect with their loved ones. 
Iranian government cut off internet access and blocked landlines from placing international calls as protests expanded throughout the country.
Starlink is stepping up, and is offering free satellite service inside Iran, according to an activist, providing one of the only remaining ways for protesters to share images with the outside world.
According to reports, close to 26 hundred people have been killed nationwide
The watchdog that handles grievances about Canadian telecom providers says complaints about phone, internet and T-V services were up 17 per cent during a yearlong study through to last July. 
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services says it handled more than 23-thousand-600 customer complaints, marking a new record.
Consumers' most common gripe had to do with billing errors, accounting for 46 per cent of all issues.
More consumers also complained about contract breaches.
Canada's three largest telecoms again led the way for most complaints, with Rogers, Telus and Bell coming in at 1-2-3 respectively.