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Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli says the next Liberal scandal just around the corner is Ontario Northland.  And he’s calling on the Liberals to stop the sale of the ONTC before he’s proven right.  The Liberals claim selling the transportation agency will save $265-million, but Fedeli disagrees.   He says the Liberals aren’t taking into account the severance they have to pay the laid off workers or pension liabilities.  And the new owner of the ONTC bus routes will get government subsidies.  Fedeli says these factors will add up to more than $500-million so there are no savings by selling off Ontario Northland.

A Sudbury pharmacist faces charges after nearly 4,200 oxycontin pills were found in a home and a huge amount of cash.  Police say the cash amounts to about $620,000 and the pills are worth $183,000.  Charges against the pharmacist include possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.

A company that makes steel tubes has been fined $70,000 after two electricians in Sault Ste. Marie were hurt on the job.  The workers were decommissioning a large electrical panel for Algoma Tubes when an electrical arc burnt both men.  The workers didn’t have any equipment to protect them from electrical shocks or burns, something the Ministry of Labour says was the company’s responsibility.