It's Thursday, April 23rd. Good morning. Five degrees in Newmarket Aurora. The dollar 73.18 cents U.S. Gas $1.68. I'm Stacey Englehart. Ontario High School students will soon need to pass a financial literacy test in order to graduate. The Education Minister said students need practical, real-world skills, including managing money and budgets. Updated curriculum for financial literacy were supposed to take effect at the beginning of the school year, but it was paused to give teachers more time. Ford government facing backlash for a rare late night session last night that made changes to the Freedom of Information laws to exempt the premier, his cabinet ministers, and all their staff from accountability. The government said it's needed to protect cabinet confidentiality, while critics argue taxpayers should know what the government is doing with our money. By the way, FOI requests are how we expose the Green Belt, the Skills Development Fund, the 100 million in government ad spending, and the 157 criminals who were let out of jails. For government, meanwhile, rejecting the idea that his province will put U.S. alcohol back on store shelves without the White House walking back some of its more punitive positions. His remarks were in response to the U.S. president proposing Canada pay an entry fee to begin talks with the U.S. government over the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement. The prime minister said Canada would not make any more concessions. Hot country sports baseball yesterday. The Jays lost to the Angels 7-3. They're off tonight. Return home to play Cleveland tomorrow at 7. Toronto FC and Philly tied 3-3. NHL playoffs. Pittsburgh lost to Philly. Trail the series 3-0. Dallas beat Minnesota in double overtime for a 2-1 lead. Edmonton lost to Anaheim. That series tied 1-1. Montreal is back home for game 3 tomorrow. Tonight, Ottawa hosts Carolina 7-30. And NBA playoffs tonight return. The Raptors back home to host Cleveland at 8. They're currently trailing 2-0. Hot country weather, sunshine, 17 this afternoon. Tonight, a few showers for. Tomorrow, slight chance of showers in the morning. And sunny and 11. Right now, it's 5 degrees in New Market Aurora. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update, 8:00am, Thursday, April 23, 2026
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