Ontario News

OTTAWA — Canada will provide almost $120 million to help avert the prospect of starvation for 20 million people in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen.

VICTORIA — The number of illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly for the second straight month in February in British Columbia, but the coroner's service said the numbers are still much higher compared when compared with a year ago.

VICTORIA — A tax on foreign home buyers in Metro Vancouver is being changed to exempt people who have come to British Columbia as part of the provincial nominee program.

TORONTO — New taxpayer-funded ads from the Ontario Liberal government about its plan to cut hydro bills could be considered partisan, the auditor general said Friday.

CALGARY — A man who strapped more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and soared above the Calgary Stampede grounds apologized Friday for the danger he caused, but said he doesn't regret his actions.

HALIFAX — Fishery organizations in Atlantic Canada say they are frustrated with the rollout of new federal fishing vessel safety regulations scheduled to take effect in July, but Ottawa says they're being given sufficient time to comply.

TORONTO — The Canadian men's program is taking a page from its women's counterpart with the hiring of Octavio Zambrano.

HALIFAX — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is looking at ways to improve labelling for seafood after a report by environmentalists gave current rules a grade of F due to a lack of consumer information.

OTTAWA — As the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators battle for supremacy in Atlantic Division standings this weekend, the two NHL teams announced Friday they're taking their long-standing rivalry outside.

MONTREAL — The lawyer for a Montreal man charged with killing his wife says society and the courts will have to decide whether the alleged act constituted murder or assisted death.