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Some government websites still down in response to security risk
Some federal sites still down after security risk
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Some federal government websites are still out of commission as Ottawa takes precautions against a global security risk.
Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language vital to 70 per cent of websites globally.
The office of the federal government's chief information officer says security updates are being applied and some government websites may be temporarily unavailable or experience service disruptions while the measures are being implemented.
The office says work is underway to restore access as quickly and securely as possible.
There is no indication that any federal systems have been compromised, the office says.
Artificial intelligence agents helped uncover the vulnerabilities and OpenAI says it has led a coalition of researchers, security providers and others to address vulnerabilities in PHP over the past two months.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
— With files from The Associated Press
By Catherine Morrison | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Recount flips Quebec riding to the Parti Québécois, Liberals refuse to concede
Recount flips riding to Parti Québécois
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
A judicial recount has flipped a riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec from the Liberal Party to the Parti Québécois by a three-vote margin.
However, the Quebec Liberal Party is refusing to concede victory to its rival for now.
Liberal candidate Affine Lwalalika had initially been declared the winner of the Vachon riding by a margin of ten votes.
A recount was triggered and ended on Wednesday.
Quebec's election authority says the recount gave the upper hand to PQ candidate Stephan Fogaing by three votes.
The Liberal Party says it acknowledges the results of the recount but that its lawyers are reviewing the situation.
“All options are on the table, and we will make a decision quickly on how to proceed,” the party wrote on its social media accounts.
Data from the election authority, Élections Québec, shows more ballots were rejected in the recount than on election day, going from 588 to 730 rejected ballots.
The incumbent for Vachon, former Coalition Avenir Québec cabinet minister Ian Lafrenière, congratulated Fogaing.
“The judicial recount declared him the winner by three votes in Vachon. The phrase ‘every vote counts’ takes on its full meaning,” wrote the former domestic security minister on X.
Lafrenière had finished third with just under 21 per cent of the vote on election day.
The PQ has also requested a judicial recount in Champlain, in the Mauricie region, where its candidate lost by 191 votes to Conservative candidate Adriana Szalontai.
The Court of Quebec confirmed the recount on Tuesday. It is set to begin Thursday at the Trois-Rivières courthouse.
In its press release, the election authority says there have been seven judicial recounts after a provincial election since 2000. Recounts in 2003 and 1994 led to ties, which triggered byelections.
— With files from Frédéric Lacroix-Couture
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Toronto Crime Stoppers temporarily stops accepting tips after data breach
Toronto Crime Stoppers pauses program after breach
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it says more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names.
The organization, which allows people to submit confidential crime tips to law enforcement, says in a statement that the tip software it has used since 2018 was hit by a data breach in March.
It says the company that owns the software reported that 176,859 Toronto tips submitted between January 2022 and last November were included in the stolen data, as well as 14,973 names.
Toronto Crime Stoppers says the company, Navigate360, has not disclosed whether the names are of people who submitted tips, are named in them, or both, nor has it provided the text of the stolen tips, despite repeated requests.
The Toronto program pause comes after CBC reported that 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years were exposed in a massive data breach.
Toronto Crime Stoppers says it didn't stop accepting tips sooner because Navigate360 initially said in April that Toronto data had not been taken, and when the company later said Toronto data was affected, it did not say what information was exposed.
It says it is working on a "safer way" to take tips and will share details in the coming days.
Toronto police say they are aware of new information regarding the breach, which they say "raises serious concerns regarding the protection of confidential information provided through the Crime Stoppers program."
The force says it has suspended its use of the program while it reviews the new information and assesses the additional measures being put in place at the organization.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Flambée du prix de l’essence : Voici comment sauver de l’argent à la pompe
Il y a plusieurs techniques pour faire des économies. 💸⛽
Le conflit en Ukraine fait bondir le prix de l'essence depuis que la Russie a lancé une attaque militaire contre le pays frontalier. Alors si tu te demandes comment sauver de l'argent lorsque tu fais ton plein de carburant à la pompe, sache que CAA-Québec a donné plusieurs recommandations.
Ce lundi 7 mars, le prix moyen de l'essence est de 188,2 cents le litre au Québec, ce qui correspond à une hausse de 29 centimes par rapport à la semaine précédente. Que ce soit en adoptant une conduite plus écologique ou encore en conditionnant ton véhicule, il existe plusieurs techniques pour faire baisser le prix de ta facture quand tu vas à la station-service, donc voici tout ce que tu dois savoir.
Pratiquer l'écoconduite
Tu peux commencer à faire des économies directement en changeant ton comportement derrière le volant. Il est recommandé d'accélérer en douceur au lieu de faire rugir le moteur, car cela est assez énergivore. L'idéal serait de le faire de 20 km/h toutes les cinq secondes.
D'ailleurs, rouler moins vite et de manière constante sont aussi des techniques à prendre en compte. Par exemple, adopter une vitesse de 100 km/h au lieu de 120 km/h permet de consommer 20 % d'essence en moins. Relevons également que le fait d'osciller entre les 75 km/h et 85 km/h toutes les 18 secondes augmente de 20 % l'utilisation de carburant.
Cela ne sert donc à rien de mettre le pied au plancher lors des démarrages et des freinages, car cela réduit seulement de 4 % la durée d'un déplacement alors que cela produit une hausse de 39 % sur ta consommation, d'après Ressources naturelles Canada.
Choisir le bon endroit pour faire le plein
Parfois, faire quelques détours pour aller là où l’essence coûte la moins chère peut t'aider à sauver des sous. Tu peux surveiller le prix au litre en fonction des régions sur l'outil Info Essence avant de te rendre à la station-service.
Le choix du carburant a également un impact sur ta facture. CAA-Québec considère que d'acheter de l'essence « plus », « super » ou « suprême » est une « dépense inutile ».
« Vous voulez gâter votre véhicule avec les meilleurs nectars? Votre argent sera mieux investi en servant de l’huile synthétique à votre moteur », est-il indiqué sur le site Internet de CAA-Québec.
Conditionner son véhicule
Tu peux aussi simplement faire des économies en conditionnant ton véhicule. Par exemple, la pression des pneus est à surveiller pour limiter ta consommation. Il est aussi recommandé d'enlever les supports à ski ou à vélos du toit qui ajoutent du poids à ton véhicule. Un surplus de 25 kg augmenterait de 1 % la dépense de carburant.
Pour éviter de faire tourner le moteur de ta voiture pendant quelques minutes pour réchauffer l'habitacle, tu peux te munir d'un chauffe-moteur qui améliore la consommation de 15 % sur une distance maximale de 20 km/h. Il est d'ailleurs recommandé de chauffer son moteur pendant 30 secondes maximum et en roulant doucement.
Tu devrais aussi éteindre ta voiture lorsque tu es pris.e dans le trafic, car un « moteur qui tourne au ralenti pendant plus de 10 secondes consomme plus de carburant que pour le faire redémarrer. Au ralenti, un moteur peut consommer entre 1,1 et 4 litres à l’heure. »
C'est aussi peut-être le moment d'investir dans une voiture électrique, car les véhicules à essence seront interdits à la vente dès 2035.