These were the best and worst April Fools' Day pranks in Toronto this year Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. The year 2021 has been a weird one for April Fools' jokes in Toronto, where just hours before March ended rumours started swirling of another provincewide shutdown. As much as we all really, really, REALLY wanted this whole third lockdown thing to be a prank, it's not: Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed as much on Thursday. Hard as it may be to laugh in light of the double gut punch that is today's pandemic situation and the chilly, potentially snowy spring weather, humour can be an important coping mechanism.