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Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defence systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack. Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the …
Read More »Dominion Voting Systems, at centre of false 2020 election claims, sold to former Republican election official
Voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems (DVS), founded in Toronto and a target of conspiracy theories in the 2020 U.S. presidential election spread by Republican Donald Trump and his allies, has been sold. Dominion, which operated out of Denver for the past several years, was bought by a firm run …
Read More »Gaza faces man-made drought as water systems collapse, UNICEF says
Gaza is facing a man-made drought as its water systems collapse, the United Nations’ children agency said, as Israeli fire killed more than 40 Palestinians across the territory on Friday. “Children will begin to die of thirst … Just 40 per cent of drinking water production facilities remain functional,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder …
Read More »WestJet dealing with ‘cybersecurity incident’ impacting access to internal systems, app
WestJet is alerting its employees and the public about a “cybersecurity incident” involving the Calgary-based airline’s internal systems and app. In a news release on Friday, the airline said several people trying to access its services have faced “restricted access” as a result of the incident. “We have activated specialized internal teams in co-operation …
Read More »Ukraine war becomes a testing ground for drones that can evade jamming systems
In a field on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, a drone buzzes through the air as a soldier sitting in the back of a truck uses a controller to steer it during a test flight. For several months, Krab, who is only being identified by his call sign in keeping with …
Read More »A look at Saskatoon’s bus rapid transit system’s new name and expansion plan – Saskatoon
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The bus rapid transit system in Saskatoon could see a name change and some expansion across the city. Wednesday’s governance and priorities committee discusses a new brand and renaming for the BRT system to Link. A separate report also delves into the …
Read More »Accused of helping Iran buy anti-drone systems, Toronto-area man says he’s ‘not a criminal’
On Nov. 21, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at the Port of Newark, N.J., seized an industrial microwave system that its export papers said was going to Dubai. But according to U.S. investigators, the city was only a transit point for the “highly sensitive” device, which can be …
Read More »Toronto hospital network issues ‘code grey’ as digital systems go down – Toronto
TORONTO — A major Toronto hospital network said its digital systems went down on Monday and it was working to investigate what was causing the outage. The University Health Network issued a “code grey” — a hospital code for system failure — but released few other details about what happened. …
Read More »Ransomware attack delays Toronto’s SickKids lab results, systems could be offline for weeks – Toronto
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says some of its systems could be offline for weeks after it was the subject of a ransomware attack. SickKids says its clinical teams are experiencing delays retrieving lab and imaging results, which could create longer wait times for patients and families. Toronto police confirmed …
Read More »Waterloo councillors can now expense home security systems amid heated political landscape
The City of Waterloo passed a motion Monday that would provide future council members with funding for security systems, with some pointing to a more hostile political climate as a reason for why the initiative was needed. Members of council for the Ontario city could receive up to $100 per …
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