I've complained about this before, but it continually baffles me how CTV Toronto doesn't have a weather person on some of their newscasts. It happened again on Monday, when they were forced to do anchor weather. It was clear, as it so often is, that neither Michelle Dube (on the noon) or Nathan Downer (on the 6) had any idea what they were talking about. 

(Downer confused the high for tomorrow with the overnight low and had to correct himself, while Dube seemed as if she had not seen any of the weather graphics in advance.)

All this as Toronto was expecting its first potentially significant overnight snowfall of the year, leading to a possibly messy Tuesday morning rush hour. I simply cannot understand why they can't get someone in to cover this on the supposedly #1 newscast in the #1 market in the country.

I know regular Lindsay Morrison is expecting and may have medical needs or perhaps is just taking time off before the holiday. But she's not their only forecaster. The very least they could do is a pre-tape from someone at CP24. 
 
It's not the first time they've been AWOL (Absent Without Lindsay.) And it's embarrassing. Not to mention pretty uninformative, at a time of year when people are travelling and the weather becomes more important than ever. Another sign of what Bell's bean counters have done to a once proud newsroom.