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News Update, 8:00am, Friday, April 17, 2026

News Update, 8:00am, Friday, April 17, 2026
News Desk
Apr 17, 2026 | 12:02 PM

It's Friday, April 17th. Good morning. Welcome to the weekend. It's 10 degrees in Newmarket Aurora. The dollar 73.11 cents U.S. gas up a cent to $1.74. I'm Stacey Englehart. WestJet passengers were stranded for over 8 hours, just an hour from their destination yesterday because it was too foggy. According to reports, the WestJet flight from Cancun was diverted to the region of Waterloo Airport because of fog at Pearson. Now this is the problem. The flight landed just after 1 in the morning, but travelers were stuck on the plane for 8 1/2 hours because there were no customs officials at the airport. It's not staffed overnight. Travelers said they were not provided food and eventually given water hours later. The plane did eventually land in Toronto after 10 in the morning. Home prices in the GTA expected to continue declining, according to a Royal LePage House price survey. The average price dropped 4.7% in the first quarter of this year and could keep declining in the second. National home prices went down 2% year over year in the first quarter of 2026. Canada Post just started talks to stop door-to-door mail delivery. Crown Corporation said it's converting about 4 million addresses to community mailboxes, and the work is expected to take about five years, with different regions moving to community mailboxes each year. Man facing several sex assault charges after an indecent act investigation in York Region. Police said the 55-year-old from Markham allegedly committed disturbing incidents against two victims in Richmond Hill. Police are worried there may be more victims. Hot country sports baseball yesterday. The Jays lost to Milwaukee 2-1, losing two out of three. They start up a series in Arizona tonight, 940. NHL last night. Edmonton beat Vancouver. Calgary beat LA. Winnipeg lost. Playoffs begin tomorrow. Ottawa plays Carolina at 3. Montreal is in Tampa Bay Sunday. Now, they were supposed to play tomorrow, but apparently the arena in Tampa Bay was double booked. Edmonton plays on Monday. Hot country weather, mostly cloudy today, a mix of sunshine and a high of 20. Tonight, cloudy and eight. Tomorrow, showers off and on. Risk of a thunderstorm, windy but 19. And it gradually starts to cool. Chance of shower Sunday and a high of seven. Right now, it's 10 degrees in Newmarket, Aurora. I'm Stacy Engelhart.