Ontario News

MONCTON, N.B. — Athletes at the peak of their game aren't letting pregnancy put them on the sidelines.

CALGARY — Undercover officers investigating a man accused of killing his wife and burying her body in the basement of their home staged a car accident to get his attention.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals began work on a new immigration program to attract highly skilled labour before U.S. President Donald Trump took office.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he hopes the Indian government will do more to find justice for the thousands of Sikhs who were killed in violent riots more than 30 years ago.

HALIFAX — Ottawa's envoy to Washington downplayed talk of growing trade irritants with the U.S., a day after President Donald Trump sharply criticized Canada's well-guarded dairy sector. Ambassador David MacNaughton says despite some U.S.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, April 19 ——— RCMP SAY 887 PEOPLE TRIED TO ILLEGALLY ENTER CANADA LAST MONTH: The number of people stopped by the RCMP after illegally entering Canada rose in March.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Richard Gillett is a bull of a man, with hands that make the bottle of water he's holding look small. He's thick-necked, stands almost six feet tall and weighed 250 pounds before he stopped eating almost a week ago.

TORONTO — Walmart Canada is laying off an unspecified number of employees as it undergoes a restructuring. Spokesman Alex Roberton would not disclose how many employees would lose their jobs.

LA RONGE, Sask. — The federal government is putting up $1.2 million over two years for more mental-health support in two northern Saskatchewan indigenous communities.

OTTAWA — A new federal agency designed to fuse public and private dollars to help build infrastructure in Canada could end up building new roads and bridges south of the border — so long as they connect to the Great White North.