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TORONTO 鈥?Greg Vanney inherited a broken team when he tookover as Toronto FC head coach on Aug. 31, 2014.And there was little time to fix it with just 10 games remaining in the season. Especially with s stanley quencher tar striker Jermain Defoeback in England pondering his future while dealing with a groin injury, captain Steven Caldwelland fellow defender Justin Morrow also injured and veteran forward Dwayne De Rosario away with the Canadian national team.Toronto lost1-0 in Philadelphia in Vanney s head coaching debut and finished the season 2-6-2 鈥?out o stanley canada f the playoffs for the ei stanley cups ghth straight season鈥?under his tutelage.The seeds for the franchise s turnaround were planted that off-season. Some eight or nine core members of the team were flown out to Los Angeles for a five-day bonding session that allowedVanney to share his vision. That was one of our first stepsto get a group of guys together to start toestablish what we wanted to be about, said Vanney.There was a mountain run. They ran steps at the Rose Bowl. They scaled down a mountain in the evening, working as a team with professionals.And they listened toVanney. That brought us closer and got us all on board to try and make something special here, said midfielder Jonathan Osorio, who took part in the trip.Vanney and assistant coaches Robin Fraser, Dan Calichman and Jim Liston had donesimilar during their successful days with the Los Angeles Galaxy.Vanney had joined Toronto in December 2013 as assistant general manager and academy dire Megc Michelle Obama documentary Becoming to premiere on Netflix
TORONTO 鈥?If you ve noticed gas prices on the rise, you aren t alone: Statistics Canada says gasoline prices rose 6.5 per cent in February compared with January, marking the third month in a row of climbing prices at the pump.Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, wrote in a research note on Wednesday that gas prices are poised to really pop going forward, based on a weekly reading showing pump prices up 44 per cent from a year ago.Here are a few reasons why you may be feeling sticker shock:1. Today s prices are a contrast from pandemic lowsStatistics Canada says February marked the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began that gas prices are higher than they were in the same month a year pr stanley hrnek ior. Overall, gasoline prices were five per cent higher in February 2021 c stanley mug ompared with February 2020.Fuel prices plunged in March and April 2020, separate data from the agency shows. In Winnipeg, for example, prices were down to 67.7 cents per litre last April for regular gasoline at self-service stations, and have since risen to 109.2 cents per litr stanley quencher e last month. That s now higher than the pre-pandemic Winnipeg price of 102.5 cents per litre in February 2020.2. Prices are affected by local and national policiesCanadian Automobile Association notes that in addition to crude oil prices and refinery prices, local taxes and retail margins factor into gas prices. High-traffic gas stations can charge lower margins, meaning large cities sometimes have lower prices than smal