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On this day 20 years ago, York Regional Transit started operations on their bus rapid transit division VIVA.

Did you ride it in it's first year?

New portal launches to help people experiencing intimate partner violence in York Region
York Region has a new online portal called EmpowerWeb, encouraging people to seek help much earlier when in an abusive relationship.
#violence #technology #help #YorkRegion #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-portal-help-intimate-partner-violence-surviviors-1.7596323?cmp=rss

West Nile virus is back. Where it’s been found, and what you should know
West Nile has been reported in mosquitoes found in Toronto, York Region and Niagara Region so far, but doctors are cautioning human cases could come soon.
#health #virus #mosquitoes #Toronto #YorkRegion #NiagaraRegion
https://globalnews.ca/news/11299962/west-nile-virus-back-where-what-to-know/

York Region police charge 23 people with more than 300 drug and firearms offences
Police say 23 people face a total of more than 300 charges after an investigation into fentanyl and firearms trafficking across York Region and elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area.
#crime #police #drugs #weapons #YorkRegion #GreaterTorontoArea
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-drug-firearm-charges-1.7552046?cmp=rss

SIU clears York Region police after man died following 'medical distress' in holding cell
Ontario’s police watchdog says York Region police officers are not at fault after a man died in February after going into “medical distress” in a Richmond Hill holding cell.
#police #death #investigation #YorkRegion #RichmondHill #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-region-police-siu-decision-1.7545849?cmp=rss

PowerSchool, the cloud platform provider providing services to school boards across Canada & the US has confirmed that even though a ransom has been paid to the cybercriminals holding the data ransom & received assurances that the data was destroyed, the criminals have returned demanding for more money as they have not actually destroyed the data.

This unfortunately highlights the biggest risk when it comes to paying ransom for data destruction, threat actors can always come back demanding for more once they realize exactly how valuable the data is.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/student-data-obtained-in-a-cyberattack-on-gta-school-boards-was-supposed-to-be-destroyed/article_cf2901bb-3fcc-4f84-ad7b-32399076b7e5.html

#infosec #PowerSchool #PowerSchoolHack #ransom #TDSB #YRDSB #PDSB #Toronto #YorkRegion #PeelRegion #Ontario #Canada

TDSB tells parents that PowerSchool “confirmed that they have paid a ransom in an attempt to secure deletion” but now there’s a new ransom demand.

Toronto Star