Quote Originally Posted by Willie the Duck View Post
Looking at your location, it might be a cultural difference. Are Canadian gas stations the all-purpose "sure, we sell gas, but there's this strange little mini-mart here as well where you can get oil, windshield washer fluid, chips, soda, magazines (including old school printed porn, depending on what state you are in), frozen pizza, over-the-counter medication, as well as hot (or chilled) fresh food of the nacho/pastry/hot dog/slushie variety" convenience store that we have here in the U.S.? I know I've met people from Europe and Asia who find the entire concept bizarre (or their country has an equivalent 'where you shop when everything else is closed/too far away' store, but it stocks completely different things).
French-Canadian term of this is "Dépanneur", which is a derived from the French verb "Dépanner", which roughly means "help someone out" or "troubleshoot".

(dépanneur is also the term we have for a tow truck and its driver)

But we do have them. Maybe not over the counter medications; stuff like ibuprophen are readily available.

We certainly never have hot dogs or hot food. Closest thing are coffee and basic pastries (muffins, banana bread slices). I have to admit the hotdogs in convenience store was the biggest cultural shock I've had while going to the US as an adult.