Good Wednesday morning, September 23rd. Happy hump day. It's 10 degrees right now in Brantford, 10 in Kitchener, 14 in Hamilton. The dollar just under 71 cents. Gas dropped three cents to $1.81. I'm Stacey Englehart. Well, it's the first full day of fall. It arrived last night just after 8, and we got some good news heading into the season. According to the Weather Network, it's going to be a long longer, milder and drier than average fall driven by El Nino. Forecasters are predicting a slow transition into winter. Now the federal government introduced a bill to extend the federal gas tax pause until the end of January. The feds temporarily suspended the excise tax April 14th when the U.S. started their war in Iran, causing fuel prices to spike. The conservatives say they want the tax break extended further and are calling on the government to also lift the GST from gas Waterloo police investigating multiple sex assaults at Kitchener's Fairview Park Mall over the summer. Police said the incidents all happened on the same day and involved a lone male suspect. According to a police spokesperson, they are worried there were more victims. They released his photo and he has since been identified. Hurricane Polo gaining strength as it moves across Mexico's southwestern coast is a category 5. The extremely dangerous storm is maximum winds of 265 km an hour. The heavy rain could cause flash flooding and mudslides. And the Prime Minister will close out his time at the United Nations General Assembly today in New York by reuniting with the European Commission president for an event to build collaboration around ocean observation. It comes a week after she opened the door to Canada to becoming what was called the first associate member of the European Union. Light 92 sports. In the WNBA, the Toronto Tempo lost to Chicago 97-85. They've got one more game left in their inaugural season, losing 19 of their last 20. Baseball yesterday, the Jays game in Baltimore was rained out. They played two back-to-back games today to make up for it. One at 1.30, one at 6.30. Toronto's 4 games back of the AL's final wild card berth. Baltimore is 5. NHL preseason tonight, the Leafs also played two games. but they're playing split squad games. In Toronto and Ottawa, both at 7. Light 92 weather, sunshine this afternoon, windy and a high of 18. Tonight, clear in 8. Tomorrow, sunny in 20. Right now, it's 10 degrees in Brentford, 10 in Kitchener, 14 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.