It's Wednesday, April 1st. Happy April Fool's Day. Welcome to the beginning of the month. It's 0 in your market, Aurora. Gas up another 4 cents to a buck 82. I'm Stacey Englehart. While Ontario's minimum wage is set to rise October 1st, you'll make $17.95 from the current minimum wage of $17.60. According to the Ontario Living Wage Network, a living wage in the GTA should be $27.20 an hour. Canada's public health agency taking over a vaccine injury compensation program and reviewing previously rejected claims. It covers rare but serious injuries tied to vaccines after December 2020, including the covid shot. Officials say they will address backlogs and improve transparency. Out of more than 3,500 claims filed, only 252 have been approved. And it's April Fool's Day, so expect a barrage of fake announcements or social media posts. Now, no one really knows the true story of April Fool's Day, but according to some historians, it goes back to the 16th century when they decided to change the calendar. So we followed the Julian calendar. So today would have been New Year's Day. Now, apparently when the switch was made, some didn't want the new calendar, so they were ridiculed and called April Fools. Now, according to Google, government use of ridicule, shame, and mockery to rules dates back to the Roman times where public reputation was a tool for social control. Hot country sports, a surprise upset Canada will not face Italy at the FIFA World Cup in Toronto coming up in June. Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Italy in penalties to book its ticket. The four-time champs failed to qualify for their third straight World Cup. Baseball yesterday, the Jays beat Colorado 5-1 that home series wraps up with one more game this afternoon at 1. NBA action last Last night, Raptors lost to Detroit 127-116. They host Sacramento tonight at 8. Leafs were off last night. They've got a late game in San Jose tomorrow at 10. And PWHL tonight. Toronto plays Ottawa in Calgary at 9.30. Hot country weather, cloudy, windy, and five this afternoon. Tonight, cloudy and cold, a wind chill feeling minus 8. Tomorrow, few showers late in the morning, a high of 6. And while we could see rain Friday, it's supposed to get up to 23. Right now, it's zero in Newmarket Aurora. I'm Stacey Englehart.
News Update, 8:00am, Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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