WEATHER
Pack an umbrella before heading out the door as Environment Canada says there is a 60 per cent chance of showers this morning. The daytime high is expected to be 12 C, and temperatures will fall to a low of 3 C Tuesday night.
TRAFFIC
The Niagara-bound lanes of the Queen Elizabeth Way will be closed at Fifty Road in Oakville until approximately 10 a.m. following a fatal crash early this morning.
Closer to the city, the eastbound Gardiner Expressway is moving at a crawl from Royal York Road to Strachan Avenue. Westbound, the Gardiner is slow from Yonge Street to Strachan.
Highway 401 is nearly stopped due to heavy volume from Renforth Drive eastbound to Bathurst Street. Westbound, the 401 is slow from Sheppard Avenue to Bathurst, with the highest concentration of traffic between Morningside Avenue and McCowan Road.
The southbound 404 is moving slowly from Steeles Avenue down to the 401, and the Don Valley Parkway is stop-and-go in both directions between the 401 and Don Mills Road.
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IN THE NEWS
TDSB investigates Etobicoke stabbing
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has launched an independent investigation into the stabbing death of Hamid Aminzada. The 19-year-old student was fatally stabbed in the hallway of North Albion Collegiate Institute on Sept. 23. Police have previously said he was trying to defuse a fight at the time of the incident. The TDSB says a final report is expected to be published in March 2015.
Worker fired in wake of shocking nursing home hidden camera footage wants job back
A former employee at a Peterborough long-term care facility who was fired after a hidden camera installed in a resident's room captured video of apparent abuse is fighting to get her job back. Peggy Perrault was one of four workers who were fired from St. Joseph's at Fleming after footage from a hidden camera went public in May 2013. In the video, staff members are seen mistreating an 85-year-old woman who suffers from dementia.
On Monday, Perrault appeared at an arbitration hearing to have her job reinstated. Also in attendance was Camille Parent, the man who installed the camera in his mother's room. He was called to testify about the video he shot over a three-week period.
SPORTS
The Toronto Maple Leafs play the New York Islanders tonight at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Tuesday's game starts at 7 p.m. ET.
EVENTS
Casa Loma fall symphony series
The Casa Loma's fall music series kicks off tonight with Mozart's Symphony No. 36, known as the Linz Symphony.
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Casa Loma
Cost: Details online
