Ontario News

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are optimistic injured starters J.A. Happ and Aaron Sanchez will be able to return to the lineup shortly after their stints on the 10-day disabled list are complete.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. reported a nearly 28 per cent jump in net income for its first quarter, a day before new CEO Joe Natale formally takes the helm of the company.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, April 18 ——— TRUMP TAKES DIRECT AIM AT CANADIAN DAIRY: U.S.

TORONTO — Tim Hortons says it will start serving freshly-ground espresso bean lattes at nearly all of its restaurants next Wednesday as it amps up its battle in the lucrative high-end coffee market.

BULL ARM, N.L. — It was made with more concrete than the Empire State Building — and it moves.

HALIFAX — The Halifax Law Courts were jammed Tuesday as hundreds of prospective jurors were called for the high-profile murder trial of a Dalhousie University medical student.

GARDINER MINES,, N.S. — A woman's body has been found inside a rural Cape Breton home, and police are calling her death suspicious.

SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. — One of two Quebec teens charged in an alleged plot to kill fellow classmates pleaded guilty Tuesday. The 14-year-old will remain detained pending sentencing arguments set for May 19.

TORONTO — Global political uncertainty and disappointing earnings out of the U.S. weighed on North American stocks Tuesday, pushing the Toronto and New York markets into the red. The S&P/TSX composite index lost 62.32 points to close at 15,622.

MONTREAL — Transcontinental has put its 93 newspapers in Quebec and Ontario up for sale, days after unloading its publications in Atlantic Canada, but its CEO says he doesn't expect all of them will be bought.