Quebec: Snow tires in short supply this season

Last year's bad winter and demand in Quebec is affecting the winter tire supply in the city, local dealers say.

Gerry Robbins, president of Peterborough Used Tires on Lansdowne Street West, said in his 36 years in business, he's never seen anything like it.
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Jeff Rideout, general manager of the Canadian Tire on Chemong Road, said the tire supply hasn't been a problem. But the store has sold almost four times more tires than last year because of the last season's modern record snowfall in Peterborough, he said.

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