Ontario News

FedNor confirms $100,000 investment for Longlac Sportsplex

TORONTO — Jake Gardiner didn't know what to think a few years ago when Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle told him to toughen up.

NOBLETON, Ont. — Police are looking for a man who robbed a Nobleton, Ont., pharmacy wearing a Santa hat and a white beard. York regional police say a man entered the drug store on Wednesday afternoon and went to the prescriptions counter.

GUELPH, Ont. — Police say a bearded dragon stolen from a Guelph, Ont., pet store has died. Investigators say the reptile was taken from a cage in the store on Nov. 15.

OTTAWA — The Senate spending scandal dragged to a close Thursday as the upper chamber abandoned plans to sue a group of former senators to recoup questionable travel, office and housing expenses.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts signed Canadian offensive lineman Corey Watman to a contact extension through the 2018 season on Thursday. The six-foot-two 315-pound native of Queensville, Ont., played in 15 games for the Argonauts last season.

DENBIGH, Ont. — A 67-year-old man has been charged following an investigation into a single-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying about 50 seniors. Provincial police say the bus ended up in a ditch on Highway 28 just east of Denbigh, Ont.

TORONTO — The Canadian Union of Public Employees said Wednesday that its lawsuit against the Ontario premier and two Liberal cabinet ministers over the sale of Hydro One is finally headed to court.

MINDEMOYA, Ont. — Provincial police are appealing for the public's help in recovering fentanyl that was taken from a Manitoulin Island pharmacy. Investigators say fentanyl patches were taken from a drug store in Mindemoya, Ont., on Tuesday.

TORONTO — The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has denied an appeal of Bay Street lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein and three others who were found by regulatory officials to have engaged in illegal insider trading and tipping.