As of January 9, parents and caregivers with students attending schools in Niverville and Ritchot have been notified of a cybersecurity breach which affects the personal information of children. The data breach similarly affects staff at each of the seven public schools in this region. The Hanover School Division (HSD), division scolaire Franco-Manitobaine (DSFM), and […]

Advocates are welcoming a rare decision to permanently ban an Okanagan winemaker from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program because of abuses. But they warn much more needs to be done to protect vulnerable workers from exploitation. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s website shows Toor Vineyards was fined $118,000 and was permanently banned from hiring through […]

PERTH COUNTY – Perth County councillors might have been mistaken for a group of epicures with a refined taste in food, as they unanimously voted to increase the meal reimbursement policy to $85 per day.  The amount represented an increase from a staff recommendation of $70 per day.  While presenting the changes to the reimbursement […]

The size, number, and environmental impact of oilsands tailings spills have been significantly underreported, according to new research. A study published in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment compares information on reported bitumen tailings spills from the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) public database with documents from the AER released through freedom of information requests. […]

The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada’s border agency may be over, but there are lingering concerns in civil society circles about how much bite the new watchdog will have. Travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel they have been mistreated by the Canada Border Services Agency will be […]

LONDON (AP) — The new year is always a good time to make a fresh start — including with your email inbox. To kick off 2025 with a clean slate, why not clear out all those unnecessary and unwanted messages? If you’re anything like me, you’ll have piles of messages that have been accumulating in […]

BROCKVILLE – Some students returned to class from Christmas break on January 6 with an unwanted gift – no internet. A January 5 cyber attack against the Upper Canada District School Board in Eastern Ontario has shut down internet services until further notice. The attack affects all 77 schools in the board, and its administrative […]

The Calgary Board of Education informed parents of a data breach involving PowerSchool, a software used for student information, potentially impacting thousands of students and teachers. According to an email sent out to parents on Thursday morning, the district was informed on Tuesday of a “cybersecurity incident” involving PowerSchool on Tuesday, Jan. 7. CBE officials […]

The Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB) is one of several school boards across Canada affected by a data breach involving software that stores staff and student information. The cybersecurity incident involves PowerSchool, a third-party platform that manages a range of student and staff information, like personal contact details, marks and class schedules. […]

The majority of Manitoba school divisions have been impacted by a data breach involving a popular software program used to track student and employee contact information.  More than 20 superintendents have informed families in recent days that PowerSchool — the owner and operator of their shared student-information system — was hacked in late December.  Customers […]

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday that her government is in talks with several private companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, over the country’s telecoms security system, but denied having discussed the issue privately with Musk. “I never talked about this with Musk. It’s not my habit to use my public role to […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace, detailing their tactics and calling on government agencies and businesses to reinforce preventive measures. The National Police Agency said its analysis on the targets, […]