Ontario News

OTTAWA — The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without Justin Schultz and Bryan Rust for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final as injuries continue to mount for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

TORONTO — Hockey equipment has come a long way since Mark Messier used magazines as shinpads for a game of road hockey as a kid.

BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., say tags still hanging from a man's clothes led to his arrest on theft-related charges.

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — A man has been charged after a pickup truck went into an automatic car wash in Labrador with a dog exposed in the back. RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay say they were called shortly before 3 p.m.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say one of their officers helped American authorities prevent a potentially violent incident in a North Carolina high school earlier this month.

WINNIPEG — Police have charged three men in the killing of a cousin of Tina Fontaine, a teenager whose death fuelled calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.

TORONTO — A year after shots fired at a car killed a 33-year-old pregnant woman, Toronto police are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. Candice Rochelle Bobb, of Mississauga, Ont.

TORONTO — A racketeering lawsuit launched by multinational forestry giant Resolute Forest Products against Greenpeace should be heard in California, an American court has ruled.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is planning her own stunt high above Niagara Falls.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has been providing select allies with what officials say is a broad overview of its long-awaited defence policy update, even as Canadians wait for the specifics.