MONTREAL - Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSX:LB) says it will be part of a $130-million financial consortium that will refinance a wind farm in Ontario. The Gosfield wind farm project in Kingsville, Ont., is part of the renewable energy asset portfolio of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners. It's been operating for more than two years on the banks of Lake Erie and is able to generate 50.6 megawatts of power.

First Nations communities threatened by rising waters each spring should be moved off flood plains once and for all, a member of the Ontario legislature said Tuesday after flood fears triggered another wave of evacuations in the province. "For years, we've been spending a lot of money moving people, flying them out every time there's a flood," said New Democrat Gilles Bisson, whose riding includes the flood-plagued James Bay region.

TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals are promising to create a music grant program in Thursday's budget. They plan to spend $45 million in new money over three years, starting this year. They say the provincewide grant program would support digital and record production and distribution of Canadian music. The Liberals say it will promote Ontario's music industry in Canada and overseas and bring more business to Ontario. It's the latest in a series of pre-budget announcements by the minority Liberals, who need the support of one other party to pass the budget.