An Ontario businessman has pleaded guilty to two charges of unauthorized employment of foreign nationals following an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP.

The CBSA said the investigation began in June 2022 after authorities received information about suspected illegal immigration-related activities from the Ontario Provincial Police and Barrie Police Service.

Investigators identified a group of foreign nationals travelling from Ontario to Alberta to work illegally in the hospitality industry in Banff National Park.

The work arrangements were allegedly co-ordinated by an employment agency called “One Team.”

The CBSA said further investigation identified an additional 90 foreign nationals from Mexico who were working illegally in four resort hotels in the Banff and Jasper areas.

On May 30, 2024, the owner of One Team, Kevin Kielty, was charged with two counts of alleged employment-related offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), including employing foreign nationals in a capacity in which the foreign nationals are not authorized, and counselling foreign nationals to work in Canada without authorization.

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On March 2, 2026, he pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to two years’ probation, 50 hours of community service and was fined $70,000.

This is the second time that Kielty has faced charges for employment-related offences under the IRPA.

In November 2023, he was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest following a previous investigation by the CBSA.

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A secondary inspection of a commercial truck has led to the seizure of more than 250 kilograms of methamphetamine at the Canada-U.S. border.

The Canada Border Services Agency says it referred a commercial truck to secondary inspection at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry on Feb. 4. The vehicle was arriving from the U.S.

A detector dog was brought in to assist. On examination of the trailer, border service officers detected 16 duffel bags containing suspected methamphetamine. The total weight of the narcotics was 266.4 kilograms, or more than 587 pounds, officials said.

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CBSA say a 29-year-old man from Woodstock, Ont., was arrested and has been transferred to the RCMP, along with the narcotics.

He has been charged by RCMP with importation of methamphetamine, as well as possession of the drug for the purpose of trafficking.

The case is now before the Ontario court of justice in Sarnia, Ont. The CBSA says charges are subject to validation by the court. The investigation is ongoing.

Border service officers say they have seized approximately 616 kg of methamphetamine coming from the U.S. since Jan. 1.

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