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John Dyer is filling up his car on Monday afternoon in downtown Toronto for the first time since gasoline prices dropped. He prepaid $60 at the pump, which he said would normally get him three-quarters of a tank, but he’s hoping that today, the same amount will put a bit more gas in the car.“First fill-up since I’ve heard about it [lower gas prices], but looking forward to getting more gas,” he said. “I buy high-octane fuel, so it’s a big deal.”
April 16, 2025 - 16:25 | Julia Stratton | The Globe and Mail
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April 16, 2025 - 16:24 | Marlo Glass | Ottawa Citizen
MONTREAL — Striking day-care workers gave local NDP candidates a noisy welcome when they showed up with coffee and doughnuts at a picket line on a chilly Wednesday morning.
Workers, who are in a pay dispute with Quebec’s ministry of families, chanted “Solidarité,” banged drums and waved rattles. Supportive parents squeezed their kids back into snowsuits amid flurries and falling temperatures, about five minutes before they...
April 16, 2025 - 16:21 | John Ivison | National Post
In February, Donald Robertson was crossing a Montreal street, pushing his one-year-old through the snow in his stroller, when a man banged him hard in his shoulder. “Hey buddy,” Mr. Robertson called out. “What the hell was that about?” The man stopped, looked at him, and punched Mr. Robertson in the jaw.Now, there was a time when Mr. Robertson, 52, would have thrown a fist right back. He’d been an angry, lost teenager. His father died when he was 13, and a bad temper only left him more alone. On his 16th birthday, he was asked to leave school, or face expulsion for fighting and other...
April 16, 2025 - 16:00 | Erin Anderssen | The Globe and Mail
Toronto starter Chris Bassitt threw five shutout innings and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first homer of the season to help the Blue Jays to a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.
April 16, 2025 - 15:58 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
April 16, 2025 - 15:55 | | CBC News - Canada
