Ontario News

OTTAWA — The federal government's plan to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don't do it themselves is expected to mimic the Alberta carbon program, including rebate payments sent directly to low- and middle-income individuals.

REGINA — Victims of a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan say they're still not getting the help they need to heal more than 15 months after the tragedy.

TORONTO — Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the country, a Jewish advocacy group said Tuesday, calling it a "made in Canada" phenomenon.

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says one patient contracted a bacterial infection associated with a machine that is used during open-heart surgery.

OTTAWA — Sen. Don Meredith, his name now inexorably linked with his sexual relationship with a teenage girl, declared Tuesday he would resign his Senate seat, short-circuiting what could have been a historic vote to kick him out of the upper chamber.

Girls as young as 13 felt pressured to send intimate photos and were unaware they were being shared among a group of boys, a Nova Scotia court has been told. Six Bridgewater, N.S.

TORONTO — A Toronto-area food manufacturer and distributor is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to pass off ordinary cheese as a kosher product. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has laid five charges against Creation Food Co.

TORONTO — The latest Canada Post stamp commemorating Canada's 150th birthday pays tribute to the fact that same-sex couples have the right to get married in this country.

WHITEHORSE — National Aboriginal Day has officially become a statutory holiday in Yukon. "It's great to see," said Grand Chief Peter Johnston of the Council of Yukon First Nations about June 21 as a territory-wide paid day off.

TORONTO — The "Happy Anniversary" messages have poured in every July 1 since 2012.