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TORONTO — Firefighters seeking training in ice rescue operations may have no other choice but to take unregulated private courses such as the ones in which two Ontario men died, an inquest into the men's deaths heard as it began Tuesday.

TORONTO — Ontario's Liberal government argues a lawsuit over the controversial partial sale of Hydro One is a political complaint "dressed up" as a legal one.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog cleared an officer of wrongdoing Tuesday in the shooting of a 51-year-old man who allegedly shot a lawyer in downtown Toronto last year.

TORONTO — Justin Herdman will report to the Toronto Argonauts with a big chip on his shoulder. Toronto selected the six-foot-one, 235-pound Simon Fraser linebacker in the seventh round, 54th overall, in Sunday's CFL draft.

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. — Police say a 15-year-old boy managed to fool a convenience store clerk with a fake $50 bill that was made of paper and covered in Chinese characters.

An Ontario high school science teacher who was found guilty of professional misconduct after pushing anti-vaccination views says he was suspended without pay for three days for speaking to the media about the case.

MONTREAL — The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has joined several large institutional investors in voting against the re-election of Bombardier's executive chairman and the company's executive compensation plan.

HALIFAX — (McNeil-Harris-Resigns) Premier Stephen McNeil says his campaign communications director resigned because he felt "under attack.

OTTAWA — When municipal officials were told last year about new tools to help them map the risk of flooding in their communities, they immediately raised red flags, suggesting they wanted no part of it over concerns about legal liability and politica

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says his campaign communications director resigned because he felt "under attack" after the Tories questioned the appropriateness of hiring someone convicted of domestic assault.