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Toys 'R' Us Canada notifies customers of breach that may have compromised personal data
In an email sent to shoppers Thursday morning, the company said the breached records may include the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of customers — though no passwords, credit card details or similar confidential data were involved in the incident. Source link
'Heart and soul of our team': Montreal Victoire extend 3 key players
The Montreal Victoire locked up three members of the team’s core through the 2027-28 season. The team announced the contract extensions with captain Marie-Philip Poulin, assistant captain Laura Stacey and starting goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens on Thursday, a few weeks before the team opens its season on the road against the Boston Fleet. Source link
Ottawa hoping for a Carney-Xi meeting in Asia next week, says official
A senior Canadian government official told reporters Thursday that it’s hoped Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea next week. Source link
Quebec family doctors end teaching boycott as government's special law threat looms
One week after they stopped teaching medical students amid stalled contract negotiations with the government, Quebec family doctors announced Thursday they were ending their teaching boycott. Source link
Amazon cloud outage downed millions of sites — and exposed the risks of overdependence
A few days after Amazon’s cloud services company AWS had an outage that plunged millions of popular websites and apps into the dark, questions still linger about why some companies get so big in the first place — and why it’s so hard to keep them from controlling markets. Source link
Thrift store doll dubbed 'Anne of Scream Gables' actually sculpture by late artist, says son
An Anne Shirley doll spotted in a Sydney, N.S., thrift store is earning jokes and nicknames online, but a Nova Scotia man says she’s still beautiful. In fact, she is one of the last surviving pieces of art by his late mother, and he wants to find her. Source link
Canadian filmmaker and his actor sister behind national ad about aging with Down syndrome
For Windsor, Ont., filmmaker Drew Hyttenrauch, it was the chance to do the production of a lifetime and highlight the issue of a growing need in the Down syndrome community — and one he and his sister are facing together. Source link
Rookie Trey Yesavage named Blue Jays' starter for Game 1 of World Series
Toronto rookie Trey Yesavage will get the start when the Blue Jays open the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at Rogers Centre. Source link
Thinking about cancelling prom? Ontario education minister says 'think again'
Education Minister Paul Calandra says if an Ontario school board doesn’t restore prom plans for three of its high schools that cancelled them, he will step in and do it. Source link
Why is Toronto considering burning its waste?
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we check into why Toronto is looking into burning its waste; find out why AI is using so much fresh water; and look at a solution that saved dozens of homes from burning in Nova Scotia’s wildfires. Source link