Ontario News

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, April 27 ——— PM SAY TRUMP WAS PREPARED TO CANCEL NAFTA: U.S. President Donald Trump insists he wasn't bluffing about threatening to pull out of NAFTA this week.

TORONTO — Canadian filmmaker Aaron Woodley formed an unexpected fusion of an ancient Chinese text and contemporary sci-fi epics in shaping his new animated film "Spark: A Space Tail.

TORONTO — Teams generally don't travel well in Major League Soccer, a trend Toronto FC hopes to capitalize on during its current three-game homestand.

TORONTO — Two Canadian border agents are among five people arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling. RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency say the agents worked out of Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

TORONTO — As the White House Correspondents Association dinner takes place sans U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday, non-attendees will have another gala option — complete with T-shirt cannons and fiery political commentary.

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — The case of two Halifax men charged with assaulting Dennis Oland in a New Brunswick prison has been delayed yet again.

MONCTON, N.B. — A senior RCMP officer says he warned superiors about the lack of firepower for front line officers long before the 2014 Moncton shooting rampage that left three Mounties dead. Supt.

TORONTO — Canadians will be able to buy a new BlackBerry-branded smartphone with a physical keyboard starting next month. The KEYone, a phone made in partnership between TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd.

OTTAWA — The federal science minister says universities aren't doing the heavy lifting to appoint more female research chairs, so she wants to force their hands.

QUEBEC — A former Quebec cabinet minister who was investigated last year for allegations of influence-peddling announced Thursday he's leaving politics.