Ontario News

VANCOUVER — Months after hackers gained access to the personal data of millions of American, Canadian and U.K consumers through Equifax's website, the company disclosed the massive cyberattack to the public.

TORONTO — Equifax Canada said Tuesday approximately 100,000 Canadian consumers may have had their personal information and credit card details compromised in a massive cyberattack that also affected 143 million Americans, as the U.S.

TORONTO — It was another day of modest gains for North American stock indices, as investors awaited comments from the two-day policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve which began Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's justice minister says the government will eliminate a controversial ban on political floor-crossing and end a legal battle with an ousted former backbencher.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general is passing along records to the police and opening his own investigation into the operations of Atlantic Canada's largest children's hospital after an expense scandal involving its top executive erupted in June

BATHURST, N.B. — Changes to a controversial Halloween bylaw that banned trick-or-treating for older teenagers and set an early curfew on the pursuit of sugary loot don't go far enough, the deputy mayor of a northern New Brunswick community says.

TORONTO — Opioid overdose-related visits to Ontario emergency rooms are sharply rising, the provincial government said Tuesday as it announced new measures to tackle what has been described as a national public health crisis.

MONTREAL — Air Canada is seeking a credit card partner for its new loyalty program which it says will help improve the bond with passengers and drive increased profits.

TORONTO — Equifax said Tuesday that approximately 100,000 Canadian consumers may have had their personal information compromised in the massive cyberattack on the credit data company that was revealed this month.

HALIFAX — The crew of a Canadian warship helping residents of a small Caribbean island devastated by hurricane Irma is being forced to suspend their mission now that hurricane Maria is bearing down on the region. Cmdr.