Ontario News

VANCOUVER — The softwood lumber dispute sidetracked the British Columbia election campaign Tuesday as every party leader pivoted to address the impact a new tariff will have on a key industry in the province.

TORONTO — Orlando's Kaka has retained his status as MLS' highest-paid player for the third straight season at US$7,167,500 while No. 2 Sebastian Giovinco heads up a Toronto trio of big-ticket designated players pulling down a combined $18.

CALGARY — A man who has admitted to strangling his wife and to entombing her body with cement in the basement of their home says he's responsible for her death, but that doesn't make him a murderer.

QUEBEC — The Opposition Parti Quebecois wants former premier Jean Charest to appear before a legislature committee amid reports the province's anti-corruption unit is investigating him.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews is going to take a little break.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, April 25 ——— BRACE FOR SOFTWOOD JOB LOSSES, MINISTER WARNS: The federal government is reaching out to reassure forestry workers, lumber producers and others facing the impact from a fresh softwood trade war

TORONTO — A rekindled softwood lumber trade dispute with the United States pushed the Canadian dollar to its lowest level in 14 months on Tuesday. The loonie lost 0.29 of a U.S. cent to close at 73.

TORONTO — While the Cavaliers rest in Cleveland, the Raptors have more first-round work to do in Milwaukee on Thursday. And Toronto forward DeMarre Carroll hopes they can they take care of business sooner than later.

OTTAWA — Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has been fined $13.4 million by Ontario's Superior Court of Justice after the Japanese auto parts company pleaded guilty to three counts of rigging bids.

MONTREAL — U.S. duties on softwood lumber imports helped drive the Canadian dollar to its weakest level in more than a year on Tuesday, with the U.S. move expected to inflict job losses on rural communities in coming months.