Mackenize Jordan, an Ontario woman, believed she had made a good purchase when she bought a van for $2,700 through Facebook Marketplace. However, she later discovered that the odometer had been rolled back nearly 100,000 kilometers, indicating that the vehicle had been tampered with.
An Ontario woman thought she got a good deal when she bought a van for $2,700, but later learned the odometer had been rolled back nearly 100,000 kilometres.
"I was sitting there in the car and I looked up and I saw the Mr. Lube sticker and it said 288,000 kilometres and the next service was supposed to be October 24th," said Jordan. "We do have a compensation fund, but that fund is only available to consumers who purchase a vehicle from an OMVIC-registered dealer. Those protections are not there for private sales," said Cosentino.
Andrea Arnold is used to having to slow down to let deer cross the road in her Northern B.C. community. But this weekend she saw something that made her pull over and snap a photo.A 62-year-old man from the U.S., who took a wrong turn to the Canadian border thanks to his GPS device, is now facing a firearms-related charge.The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop.
Carol Sheaves of Moncton, N.B., says it's not fair that retirees like her won't get the government's newly proposed rebate cheques. Sheaves was among the seniors who expressed their frustrations to CTVNews.ca about not being eligible for the $250 government benefit.There's a new store at the corner of Elm and Durham streets called Shroomyz, selling an illegal product: magic mushrooms.
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