Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's securities watchdog has permanently banned Garth Drabinsky from becoming a director or officer of any company, bringing to a close a 16-year-old case against the former theatre impresario.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau reminded senators Friday that they're unelected and have no business rewriting a federal budget passed by the elected House of Commons.

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — A teenager who killed four people and injured seven others during shootings at a home and a high school in northern Saskatchewan apologized Friday to those who died, those who survived and their families.

EDMONTON — A spill of 90 litres of diesel fuel into an Edmonton storm sewer will cost Canadian National Railway more than $2.5 million in fines.

HALIFAX — The 12-member jury in the trial of Halifax medical student William Sandeson — accused of killing a physics student during a drug deal as part of a plan to alleviate his debt — is expected to return to deliberations on Saturday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A man accused of murdering a child and her father told police during a re-enactment of the girl's killing that he had said a "little prayer" for her.

TORONTO — Oil and gas stocks helped shore up the Toronto stock index on Friday, though shares in Canadian grocery retailers dropped sharply in the wake of Amazon's blockbuster deal to buy Whole Foods Market. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 32.

TORONTO — Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez threw off a mound Friday in the latest step in his recovery from a finger injury.

OTTAWA — All players in the justice system need to do their part to target the "root causes" of unnecessary trial delays, the Supreme Court of Canada said Friday in affirming its landmark ruling on timely proceedings.

OTTAWA — Health Canada is proposing that all opioid prescriptions carry a warning sticker and be accompanied by a patient handout detailing the dangers of dependence, addiction and overdose.