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MONTREAL – The Desjardins Group data theft is much more widespread than first thought and actually hit 4.2 million members, the banking co-operative’s chief executive said Friday. Guy Cormier told a news conference the revised number – which represents the entirety of the Levis, Que.-based organization’s membership – were victims. Desjardins Group initially reported in […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 1, 2019
2 min read
Confused about whether Ontario accident benefits applies if your client has an out-of-province accident involving a dirt bike or all-terrain vehicle? The Court of Appeal for Ontario tried to address this confusion in Benson v. Belair Insurance Company. If an off-road vehicle required insurance in Ontario, then Ontario accident benefits would apply in a different […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 31, 2019
3 min read
EDMONTON – The City of Edmonton says it’s investigating a window-washing company that was working on the capital’s tallest tower last week in windy conditions when a suspended platform smashed into the building and threw a worker over a railing. The city has confirmed to CTV News that Aurum Window Cleaning is under investigation and […]
By The Canadian Press | October 31, 2019
More than half a million Manitoba motorists are taking advantage of a winter tire financing program, but the jury is still out on whether the program has reduced accident frequency or severity. There are about 580,000 registered passenger vehicles in Manitoba, said Brian Smiley, a spokesperson for Manitoba Public Insurance. MPI has processed about 130,000 […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 29, 2019
VICTORIA – The challenges of preventing and responding to devastating wildfires and floods in British Columbia and the prospect of more disasters to come has prompted the government to reassess its emergency management laws. The Emergency Program Act needs to be modernized after lessons learned from recent floods in Grand Forks and successive record-setting wildfire […]
A $2.2 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit against The Personal has been approved by a judge, plaintiffs’ law firm Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation announced Monday. The lawsuit arose after The Personal asked some auto claimants if it could access their credit scores. This resulted in a complaint with the federal Privacy Commissioner and […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 28, 2019
HALIFAX – The final pieces of a crane that collapsed onto a building in Halifax last month, during post-tropical storm Dorian, have been removed. A government release says the pieces that were lying on the top storey of the Olympus building were taken away on Saturday. “The work has required many long hours and painstaking […]
By The Canadian Press | October 28, 2019
A 22-year-old Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favour of a marine cargo insurer is a sword that could cut the other way for Canadian auto insurers. The British Columbia government brought in a rule this past March limiting parties in auto personal injury lawsuits to a maximum of three expert witnesses. That rule was […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 25, 2019
4 min read
WINNIPEG – Electricity is back on in all communities that lost power two weeks ago, when Manitoba was hit by a major snowstorm that brought down power poles and transmission towers. Manitoba Hydro says crews have replaced more than 4,000 damaged wooden poles and repaired about 950 kilometres of power lines. The Thanksgiving weekend storm […]
By The Canadian Press | October 25, 2019
Expect more insurers to stop covering Canadian oil sands infrastructure and pipeline projects, an environmental advocate suggests. “We have seen a lot of insurance companies, over the last four or five years, adopt coal policies and get out of insuring coal mines,” said Sven Biggs, Vancouver-based climate and energy campaigner for Stand.earth. The oil sands, […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 24, 2019
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