Ontario News

EDMONTON — A national pest control company has been fined $150,000 for breaking Alberta and federal laws for how it fumigated a Calgary flour mill for insects with a toxic pesticide.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will fine the Niagara Falls Water Board $50,000 for discharging black and smelly water near the falls during a busy tourist weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Clarke MacArthur's future with the Ottawa Senators — and perhaps even as a pro hockey player — is once again in doubt after the veteran forward failed his medical on the first day of training camp.

CALGARY — Vinnie Van Overdyk understands what it's like to start life without proper education.

TORONTO — The province's police watchdog is investigating a stabbing and a police-involved shooting that happened on a Toronto street corner. The Special Investigations Unit says the incident occurred around 9:15 a.m.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index climbed higher Thursday, helped by the energy sector, which benefited from higher oil prices. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 45.91 points to 15,172.72.

CHARLOTTETOWN — An Acadian church organist will become Prince Edward Island's next lieutenant-governor.

WASHINGTON — The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed. Inexplicably, the agonizing sound hit him again.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man who told his parole board hearing that he feared harming someone if he was released from prison has now pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a British Columbia teenager.

HALIFAX — Tension is growing between lobster fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia over the Indigenous ceremonial and food fisheries.