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HIGH LEVEL, Alta. A forest fire burning near a northern Alberta town has grown slightly, but officials say firefighters are making good progress. The Chuckegg Creek fire, currently the largest in the province, was still about three kilometres southwest of High Level, where crews have been creating a firebreak to protect the community. The province […]
By The Canadian Press | May 29, 2019
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A pickup truck driver who was hit by a bicycle in a roundabout is 100% liable for the accident, a British Columbia judge ruled in a decision released today. Cyclist Javad Behragam is suing Peter Paviglianiti as a result of a collision that happened in Vancouver at the uncontrolled intersection of Birch Street and West […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 29, 2019
Is it your client’s fault if they got into an accident in a partly-automated vehicle because they failed to understand exactly what the car’s computer could and could not do? “I’m sure it will be fought in court battles over the next few years,” Kristine D’Arbelles, the Canadian Automobile Association’s Ottawa-based senior manager of public […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 28, 2019
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CALGARY – Documents show that a Calgary house where there was a deadly explosion over the weekend was owned by a couple going through a divorce. Police responded to reports of an explosion on Saturday afternoon and found two people dead and one injured at the suburban northwest home. Investigators believe the blast was not […]
By The Canadian Press | May 28, 2019
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If a home collapses into a sinkhole, is there coverage under a standard homeowner’s policy or earthquake endorsement? Not under many homeowner’s policies, but possibly under the earthquake endorsement, depending on the policy language and if the quake caused the sinkhole. “Our understanding is that [standard homeowner policies] usually contain some form of an earth […]
By Jason Contant | May 28, 2019
If you insure off-road vehicles in Ontario, some of those machines could soon be driven more frequently on the road. Bill 107, which would ease restrictions on driving off-road vehicles on municipal roads, passed second reading and was referred Tuesday to the Standing Committee on General Government. If passed into law, Bill 107 would change […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 27, 2019
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The weather this summer could be starkly different across the country, according to the latest long range forecast from The Weather Network. Chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicts the wet weather that Ontario and Quebec have experienced in May will continue during the summer months and could lead to a heightened risk of flash flooding in […]
Will there soon be a consistent approach to adjuster licensing across Canada? New Brunswick is one province moving towards that goal. Earlier this month, the Insurance Division of New Brunswick’s Financial and Consumer Services Commission released a consultation paper on licensing of adjusters and damage appraisers in the province, with proposed changes to the definition […]
By Jason Contant | May 24, 2019
FirstOnSite and Paul Davis will have the same corporate owner if a deal announced Thursday goes through but will operate separately from one another. FirstOnSite Restoration Limited announced May 23 that its corporate parent, Global Restoration Holdings LLC, agreed to be acquired by Toronto-based FirstService Corporation, which acquired Paul Davis Systems Canada in 2014. Both […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 24, 2019
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says almost 3,800 business locations were at risk of being affected by spring flooding in three of the hardest hit regions of the country. About 1,500 were potentially affected as of the end of April in the Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac region about 40 kilometres northwest of Montreal, 1,500 in the Ottawa-Gatineau region (1,086 […]
By The Canadian Press | May 24, 2019
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