Ontario News

HALIFAX — Ten things to know about the Nova Scotia election campaign, which ends Tuesday: 1. Polls forecast a Liberal advantage, but no sure thing.

OTTAWA — Aid agencies are urging Canadians to respond generously to the federal government's matching fund for famine relief in Africa and the Middle East, calling it a response to the worst humanitarian crisis in decades.

Journeyman boxer David Whittom was in an induced coma at Saint John Regional Hospital on Monday following surgery to treat bleeding on the brain after a knockout loss. The 38-year-old was listed in stable condition, said his trainer Francois Duguay.

BEAVERTON, Ont. — Durham regional police are seeking witnesses in the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man in Beaverton, Ont. They say Joshua Elliott of Cannington, Ont., was found collapsed on the street last Friday night in downtown Beaverton.

HALIFAX — A sketch of Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill: Age: 61 Hometown: Woodstock, N.B. (with family roots in Yarmouth, N.S.

HALIFAX — A sketch of Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie: Age: 51 Hometown: Truro, N.S.

HALIFAX — A sketch of Nova Scotia Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil: Age: 52 Hometown: Upper Granville, N.S. Job before politics: Operated appliance repair business in Bridgetown, N.S., for 15 years.

FORT HOPE, Ont. — Police say a man and a woman are facing charges after oxycodone was seized during searches of two homes on a First Nation about 385 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.

KINGSTON, Ont. — A 27-year-old Kingston, Ont., man is charged after allegedly throwing a fit after a man bumped into him and then assaulting a Good Samaritan who attempted to intervene.

MILTON, Ont. — A 23-year-old woman who was out for a hike with friends in an Ontario park died Sunday night after falling from a cliff in the area.