Ontario News

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Manhattan this month to check out Canada's latest Broadway hit, "Come From Away.

TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment Group has reduced the purses in a number of its stakes races this year, including the Woodbine Mile and Canadian International.

EMERSON, Man. — The federal government is enforcing border laws and is willing to put more resources in place to deal with the influx of asylum-seekers from the United States, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Saturday.

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TORONTO — Elementary teachers in Ontario have ratified a contract extension that gives them raises, caps kindergarten class sizes and gives the government labour peace.

CAINSVILLE, Ont. — The OPP's Brant County detachment is investigating a homicide. Investigators say officers were called to a home in the town of Cainsville on Wednesday afternoon where they found an unresponsive man.

OTTAWA — Concerts by world-renowned musicians Lang Lang, Itzhak Perlman and Branford Marsalis will be part of a fresh slate of offerings headlining the National Arts Centre's 2017-18 calendar.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 10 will grow to approximately $26 million. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Sheldon Burns scored in overtime as the New England Black Wolves slipped past the Toronto Rock 10-9 on Friday in National Lacrosse League action.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is ready to start negotiations with Ottawa on a health-care funding deal. Pallister sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week.