It's Friday, April 24th. Good morning. Welcome to the weekend. It's 11 right now in Brantford, 9 in Kitchener, 7 in Hamilton. The dollar trading just over 73 cents, gas up 5 cents to $1.74. I'm Stacey Englehart. You might want to skip the weekend trip to Toronto. Could take you a while. Starting at 11 tonight, the Gardiner Expressway will be closed for maintenance until 5 o'clock Monday. It also coincides with the TTC shutdown of a portion of Line 2 and several service changes across Ghost Transit Network. Ford government has officially canceled accountability. Premier Ford's government passed the law that allows him and his cabinet ministers to keep their records a secret and it's retroactive to the 80s. Yeah, to 1988. And don't ask the Premier about it because you might be on the firing end of a few insults. Liberal critic and a former journalist asked the Premier why he claims to be highly accountable but is making it hard to hold him to account. Instead of a policy-based answer, he chose to respond with a personal insult. we guessed that answer was no. He does not want to be held to account. And if you are holding on to your Ticketmaster tickets hoping to make a quick buck, that's not going to happen starting next week. Canadian customers will not be able to resell their tickets for more than the original cost. The company began delisting tickets to comply with the new provincial laws that cap resale prices at the original cost. The move follows the passage of a budget bill designed to curb price gouging for concerts and sports. Light 92 sports NBA playoffs. The Raptors beat Cleveland 126-104, cutting the Cavs lead two games to one. The Raptors host Cleveland Sunday at one. NHL first round playoffs. Ottawa lost to Carolina, trailing the series 3-0. Buffalo beat Boston for a 2-1 lead. Colorado beat LA and leads 3-0. Tonight, Montreal hosts Tampa Bay at 7. Vegas is in Utah 930. Edmonton is in Anaheim at 10. All games are tied 1-1. OHL playoffs playoffs tonight. Brantford hosts Berry at 7. The Bulldogs have a 1-0 series lead. And the Kitchener Rangers tonight host Windsor at 7. The Blue Jays start up a home series against Cleveland tonight at 7. And Italian sports officials are dismissing a suggestion by a U.S. official that Italy replace Iran in the World Cup. Iran is not withdrawn. Italy is a four-time world champ that didn't make it out of the qualifiers. Light 92 weather. We've got some sunshine today. A slight chance of showers or a thunderstorm. Windy 13. Slight chance of rain tonight. A low of four. Showers off and on tomorrow. Windy and eight. Sunny Sunday and a high of 16. Right now it's 11 in Brantford, 9 in Kitchener, 7 in Hamilton. I'm Stacey Englehart.
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