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VICTORIA – Councillors in Victoria are being asked to authorize demolition of what remains of the Plaza Hotel after a fire that burned for four days in the city’s downtown last month. The three-storey, 108-year-old vacant structure had been designated a heritage site and was to be transformed from a former strip club into commercial […]
By The Canadian Press | June 11, 2019
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With overland water damage claims rolling in from major floods across the country, the question still arises: are clients covered?
By Jason Contant, Online Editor | June 11, 2019
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HALIFAX – The personal health information of nearly 3,000 people may have been compromised in a phishing attack, the Nova Scotia Health Authority says. The health authority said Monday that it is investigating a “potential” privacy breach affecting 2,841 patients. It said the breach was discovered by its IT security team after an employee’s email […]
By The Canadian Press | June 10, 2019
If you provide commercial liability coverage for religious organizations, you might want to check Friday’s Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in L’Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal v. J.J. The decision paves the way for a class action lawsuit against Montreal’s St. Joseph’s Oratory, as well as the Congregation of Holy Cross, by some survivors of sexual […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 7, 2019
A British Columbia motorist whose sharp right turn made a bus brake suddenly has lost his dispute with the Insurance Corporation of B.C. Wen Sheng Li was involved in an accident in Vancouver on June 1, 2018. ICBC found him 100% at fault. Li tried unsuccessfully at the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) to pin liability […]
TORONTO – Spring flooding has failed to sink Ontario and Quebec’s cottage real estate markets, according to Royal LePage’s annual recreational property report. Parts of Quebec cottage country were inaccessible for weeks because of road closures and some Ontario properties had to be viewed when they were partially submerged. Yet demand is so strong in […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) should be used not only to predict what will happen, but to shape and influence that outcome, the president of IBM Canada said Wednesday. “Predicting it is good, but the value that you get as an enterprise is when you take that prediction and alter the outcome to something that you like […]
By Jason Contant | June 7, 2019
The organization responsible for flood risk mitigation in and near Kitchener, Ont. is contemplating enabling online access to maps that would let some clients see whether they are in a high-risk flood zone. For the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA), the ultimate aim is for some clients to be able to go to a website […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 6, 2019
OTTAWA – A new round of repairs is in store for pathways around Parliament Hill, after the second major flood in three years. Water levels on the Ottawa River remain a metre above normal and crews working for the National Capital Commission are just beginning to assess the damage to infrastructure near the Ottawa River. […]
The European Union’s new data privacy law can affect your clients even if they don’t have offices in Europe, a cyber security expert with one of the world’s biggest brokerages warns. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect in 2018, gives legal rights to citizens of all 28 European Union member nations. One […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 5, 2019
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