Ontario News

TORONTO — Police in Toronto say a man is facing 435 charges in a fraud investigation. Investigators say a company noticed several bookkeeping discrepancies on July 14, 2015, and contacted police the next day.

TORONTO — Ontario will soon call a meeting of mayors from both large and small communities across the province as it looks for ways to tackle a growing opioid crisis.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Health officials and police are warning that counterfeit prescription medications and some illicit drugs in the Kingston, Ont., area are believed to be contaminated with fentanyl.

TORONTO — The organizer of a luncheon featuring a speech by the father of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq said Monday that the event was cancelled because the man's "travel privileges are being reviewed.

TORONTO — Ontario's budget watchdog will examine the Liberal government's plan to lower hydro bills, with the opposition parties questioning its estimated $25-billion in interest costs.

EDMONTON — New research from the University of Alberta suggests concerns about contaminants in the Athabasca River from the oilsands may be overstated.

MONCTON, N.B. — The RCMP moved to reassure the public Monday that it is "working diligently" to determine who is sending malicious emails targeting a female student at the University of Moncton.

TORONTO — A forestry multinational that is suing Greenpeace under American racketeering laws alleges that the activist organization's recent court filings are essentially an admission that it lies, a claim the group forcefully denies.

REGINA — Premier Brad Wall says he will stop getting more pay from the Saskatchewan Party, but don't look for changes to political donation laws.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man who told undercover federal agents he wanted to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State wasn't coerced into making the confession, the judge hearing his trial ruled Monday.