Ontario News

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police say a woman is alive after officers administered an antidote to reverse a suspected fentanyl overdose. Durham regional police say they were called to assist paramedics at an Oshawa, Ont.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators announced today that centre Derick Brassard will require surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder.

OTTAWA — Canadian powerlifter Thomas Jamael has been banned four years after testing positive for 11 banned substances. Jamael's urine sample was tested in-competition on Feb. 11.

TORONTO — Health Canada says it's looking into three recent complaints of babies allegedly being burned by Banana Boat sunscreen products.

TORONTO — Rarely has an IPO drawn as much political attention as Kinder Morgan's sale of its Canadian unit, a deal designed to fund the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. At $1.

BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., say a man has been charged after neighbours reported finding arrows in their backyards.

TORONTO — A new report from Ontario Power Generation overwhelmingly affirms the utility's long-held position that the best place for a nuclear-waste bunker is on the Lake Huron shoreline.

OTTAWA — The federal government is hoping a new research framework will help doctors better diagnose and treat the ballooning number of Lyme disease cases across Canada.

THAMES CENTRE, Ont. — Provincial police say a 77-year-old woman has died in a collision between a three-wheeled motorcycle and a transport truck. They say Margaret Alexander of St. Marys, Ont.

TORONTO — Extra, extra: Dave Bidini is getting into the newspaper business. The writer and musician of Rheostatics and Bidiniband fame will serve as publisher of the West End Phoenix, a monthly broadsheet community newspaper for Toronto's west end.