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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

York Region Public Health investigating a confirmed case of measles.

If you attended these locations, you may have been exposed to measles:

Garden Basket Grocery Store: 9271 Markham Road in the City of Markham from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Markham YMCA: 101 YMCA Boulevard in the City of Markham from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2025.

York Region police seize $3.5M in psychedelics from illegal magic mushroom store FunGuyz
York police say they have charged 15 people and seized more than $3.5 million in psychedelics from FunGuyz, a chain of illegal magic mushroom stores.
#police #drugs #crime #business #YorkRegion #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-police-psychedelics-funguyz-1.7512819?cmp=rss

Police look for suspects wanted in York Region home invasion, SUV theft captured on video
York police say they are looking for as many as four suspects after a home invasion and auto theft in Richmond Hill that was captured on security video.
#crime #theft #police #YorkRegion #RichmondHill #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/home-invasion-auto-theft-richmond-hill-york-police-1.7488534?cmp=rss

Endangered salamander to get car-free spring migration routes in Burlington and York region
Endangered salamanders threatened by sprawling suburbs will get car-free access to small stretches of the Greater Toronto Area this month as they emerge from their subterranean winter shelters and journey under the cover of night to their spring breed...
#animal #environment #migration #road #Burlington #Yorkregion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/endangered-salamander-burlington-1.7481252?cmp=rss

York Region Public Health warns of measles exposure linked to flight from South Korea
As Ontario faces a rise in measles cases, York Region Public Health (YRPH) has issued a warning about a confirmed exposure to the virus linked to an international flight from South Korea on Saturday.
#health #travel #virus #YorkRegion #SouthKorea #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/yrph-measles-outbreak-international-travel-south-korea-1.7471761?cmp=rss

Youth killed after being towed on sled behind truck in Vaughan
Police in York Region are warning the public not to tow people behind vehicles, after a young person was fatally injured while being towed on a sled.
#accident #safety #warning #Vaughan #YorkRegion #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-police-sled-pull-1.7471695?cmp=rss

Police ID man found dead in King Township restaurant fire
Police in York Region have identified a man found dead in a restaurant fire in King Township earlier this month.
#police #fire #death #KingTownship #YorkRegion #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/york-homicide-victim-arson-identified-1.7470195?cmp=rss

‘You’re hitting the wall’: Woman warns drunk driver in video released by Ontario police
Police in York Region released a video to social media on Friday, in which a resident tries to talk a man out of driving while allegedly drunk before she calls the police.
#police #driving #accident #Ontario #YorkRegion #Crime
https://globalnews.ca/news/10964808/york-regional-police-drunk-driver/

#yorkregion