Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is establishing a $4.9-million support program for small distillers and cideries. The program will give eligible distillers up to $4.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The oldest son of Martin Luther King Jr. is praising Canada for being a beacon of freedom and he's urging people not to lose hope in the United States.

TORONTO — A woman who hopes to run for the Progressive Conservatives in the next Ontario election could be out of luck because she failed to file financial statements related to her 2014 bid for a Toronto council seat.

OTTAWA — Canadians who both file their taxes and check their benefits online will soon find find it easier to skip between the websites of two different federal departments.

BLYTH, Ont. — The Huron County Health Unit says a calf from a farm in the Blyth, Ont., area has tested positive for rabies. It says the calf from a farm about 95 kilometres north of London, Ont., was sent for testing on Feb. 27.

TORONTO — Teck Resources has received a growing number of inquiries from shareholders and other stakeholders about how climate change and carbon pricing will affect its operations, an official with the Canadian mining giant said Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — Families of missing and murdered women are still in the dark about how they can participate in the upcoming national inquiry, a coalition of Manitoba family members said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Jessica Wesley has been a mom for all of two months, but she and her husband are already thinking that one child might be all their finances can handle.

TORONTO — Corey Chamblin is back coaching in the CFL. The former Grey Cup-winning head coach was named to the Toronto Argonauts' staff Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Ont. — A Kingston, Ont., man is in custody after police say he returned to a restaurant he'd allegedly robbed a day earlier. Kingston police say the 28-year-old first visited the restaurant early Monday.