Data breach of Ontario's vaccine booking system affects hundreds of thousands, province says
CBC
Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians' information may have been compromised in a data breach of the province's vaccine management system.
In a statement Friday, the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery said two people were charged in connection with a November 2021 breach of the COVAXX system.
The charges were made last year by Ontario Provincial Police. The statement does not say how the breach occurred, what charges were laid, nor does it provide the names or ages of the accused.
The ministry says it has been working with the Ministry of Health, police and the Ontario's privacy commissioner to determine the scale and impact of the breach.
Beginning Friday, some 360,000 people will receive notices that their personal information was part of the breach. In over 95 per cent of the cases, "only names and/or phone numbers were impacted," the statement says.
The statement says the vaccine booking system is "regularly monitored and tested" through the Ministry of Health's cyber security protocols, and that the province is "confident" the system remains a secure tool.
A coastal flooding alert is in place this weekend for B.C.’s South Coast, including Metro Vancouver and parts of southern Vancouver Island.
Many are feeling mixed emotions about the future of Venezuela after U.S. forces captured the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, early Saturday.
Crews are making "good progress" in repairing Calgary's second catastrophic water main break in less than two years, despite the cold weather, according to the city's latest update Saturday.
The chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation says hundreds of homes have been "severely compromised" in the aftermath of a days-long power outage that damaged a water treatment plant and plumbing systems, and about 4,000 people have been evacuated from the northern Manitoba First Nation.
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas along with other city officials will give an update on this week's water main break at 1 p.m.
The Toronto Blue Jays and Japanese free-agent third baseman Kazuma Okamoto have agreed to terms on a contract, according to multiple reports.
Nobody really wants to come face-to-face with a polar bear.
Canadian political leaders are celebrating and condemning the United States over its nighttime strikes on the capital city of Venezuela and the subsequent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Despite the seemingly long lines outside bars on London's Richmond Row every Friday night, Joe Kools co-owner Sam Smith says the city's nightlife scene has changed over the years.
When cracks in the Elnora Public Library building’s foundation were discovered, an examination revealed asbestos and black mould, requiring a rapid move out and the beginning of a search for a new home.
Newfoundland and Labrador needs more houses, and one advocate says it’s going to take a multi-pronged approach to boost construction.
It's not clear where the rumour originated, but the Conservative MP for Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt is making his stance clear.
2025 was a big year for Rooted, a non-profit housing organization in Dartmouth, N.S., that bought 10 buildings with close to 300 units of housing.