Ontario News

WINNIPEG — The federal government is offering up to $375,000 for a new program to reduce deaths and injuries related to grain-handling.

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to be in New York on Wednesday for a Broadway play about Newfoundlanders who opened their doors to thousands of passengers who descended on the town of Gander the day U.S.

OTTAWA — Expectations are running high that next week's federal budget will provide a more detailed federal strategy — and perhaps more cash — to help post-secondary students land real-life work experience in emerging, employee-starved fields.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Police in Sudbury, Ont. say they've made a second arrest in an arson that they're treating as a homicide. The incident took place over the weekend when a fire was allegedly started in a shed on a residential property.

TORONTO — Canadian home prices posted a record jump for the month of February, fuelled by the Toronto, Hamilton and Vancouver markets. The Teranet-National Bank national composite house price index gained 1.

MONTREAL — Canada's lumber industry is in a stronger position to weather a U.S.

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay is in talks to buy struggling U.S. luxury retail chain Neiman Marcus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

VERNON, B.C. — Vernon Mayor Akbal Mund says the city is working on a new plan to honour veterans after the Royal Canadian Legion rejected a proposed poppy crosswalk.

BARRIE, Ont. — Police in Barrie, Ont., say homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 50-year-old woman in the city. They say a 911 call reported a shooting around 2:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is not worried about being the last province standing in a health-funding dispute with Ottawa and will not be rushed into accepting any deals, Premier Brian Pallister said Monday. "We're standing alone.