B.C.'s privacy commissioner has been notified of a data breach recorded at Simon Fraser University last Thursday. Administrators say the problem was identified and corrected the following day but students and staff are being asked to change their passwords because their privacy may have been breached. Chief information officer Mark Roman sent out an email this morning saying the ransomware attack involved data collected before June 20th of last year, but no current systems have been exposed. The cause of the breach is still under investigation.

The federal government has increased border screening measures for travellers especially from Iran in light of the growing number of novel coronavirus cases linked to that country. It is now at level three, which means avoid non-essential travel. Several of Canada's 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been linked to travel to Iran or close contact with people who've recently returned from that country. But Dr. Theresa Tam, head of the Canadian Public Health Agency, says given that the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 60 countries, all travellers should take precautions.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on industries, citizens, and Indigenous groups to help shape the future of Canada's climate policy.Speaking at a major mining conference in Toronto, Trudeau says the government will soon launch a formal initiative to see input from a range of groups on how Canada will get to the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.He says a clear pathway forward is crucial for both the planet and for business to provide certainty and adapt to the changing reality.Trudeau pointed to a January letter by the CEO of BlackRock Inc., one of the world's largest asset man

An athlete from Alberta has died following a fall during an equestrian competition in Florida on the weekend. Officials from Equestrian Canada say in a statement that Fort Saskatchewan's Katharine Morel, who was 33, died after an accident on a cross country course in Altoona, Florida. They say Morel was riding an eight year old mare named Kerry On when the horse suffered a rotational fall. Morel was taken to hospital, but she later died of her injuries. The horse also died.

Attorney General David Eby says B.C.'s New Democrat government is taking steps to ensure profits made by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. stay with the public insurer. Eby says he is preparing to bring in legislation that would prevent government's from skimming I.C.B.C. surpluses away from the corporation to use for other government initiatives. In an announcement this morning Eby says I.C.B.C. profits should be used to offset premium costs. He says previous Liberal governments stripped 1.2-billion dollars from I.C.B.C. between 2009 and 2016, eroding the financial stability of the Crown cor

The company behind the natural gas pipeline through traditional Wet'suwet'en territories says work on the Coastal GasLink project resumed today after a pause while hereditary chiefs, federal and provincial politicians discussed the disputed link. All sides say an agreement on rights and title lands was reached during talks that began Thursday and ended early yesterday. Hereditary Chief Woos (wahs') has called the pact a milestone. Wet'suwet'en approval is expected to take about two weeks, and details won't be released in the meantime.

Ontario is reporting three new cases of the novel coronavirus today, bringing the total in the province to 18.The province's chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, is expected to provide details about the new cases at a news conference this afternoon.A spate of new cases was reported over the weekend, all of them people who had recently travelled to Iran or Egypt, or family members of those who had visited the countries.Williams has said that so far it doesn't appear the virus known as COVID-19 is spreading locally.The province's first four cases were people with a travel history

A long time member of British Columbia's legislative assembly and former cabinet minister, Rich Coleman, has announced he will not seek re-election.Coleman was first elected as the B.C. Liberal MLA for Fort Langley-Aldergrove in 1996 and was re-elected five more times, most recently as the MLA for the newly created Langley East riding in 2017.Coleman wrote on Facebook that he chose Feb. 29 to announce the decision because it's the 24th anniversary of his original nomination as a candidate.Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson thanked Coleman, saying he was ``instrumental'' in the accomplishments of

Health officials in Washington state say a second person had died from the coronavirus.Researchers said earlier the illness may have been circulating for weeks undetected in the greater Seattle area.The victims are two men, one in his 70s and another in his 50s.Both had underlying health conditions, and both were being treated at a hospital in Kirkland, Washington, east of Seattle.Washington state now has 12 confirmed cases.