The University of Calgary says it paid a ransom of $20,000 demanded after a recent cyberattack to preserve an option to restore critical research data.
Water could be seen gushing through the sinkhole before crews managed to shut the water off.
OTTAWA — At least 400 Yazidi women raped and tortured by Islamic militants could have safe passage to Canada if the government would heed a proposal to rescue them, a religious freedoms organization says.
TORONTO — Ontario's auditor general says last summer's Pan Am and Parapan Am Games in Toronto came in $342 million over budget, but the province still paid more than $5 million in performance bonuses.
HALIFAX — An avid eBay bidder in Halifax has won a legal battle against Canada Post over a mangled Conner McDavid hockey card.
OTTAWA — The federal government is poised to mark World Oceans Day this morning with the creation of a new Arctic marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound.