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The wildfire affecting northern Alberta is much larger than the one that devastated Slave Lake in 2011 but property losses seemed minimal on Thursday afternoon. “At this point we are hearing there are no major structures that have been lost,” Rob de Pruis, the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s director of consumer and industry relations for […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 23, 2019
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Canada’s top court said today it will not hear an appeal from Aviva Canada of a ruling in favour of a New Brunswick church diocese. L’Évêque catholique romain de Bathurst, a diocese that oversees Roman Catholic parishes in the northeastern part of the province, earlier paid $7 million in settlements to dozens of survivors of […]
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EDMONTON -Twelve people, including 11 children, were taken to hospital Thursday after a school bus crash on one of Edmonton’s busiest freeways. Emergency officials said the collision happened at about 8:15 a.m. on Whitemud Drive near the Quesnell Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River. Alberta Health Services said there were no life-threatening injuries. “Two patients […]
By The Canadian Press | May 23, 2019
Commercial clients need better tools to help risk managers predict their financial exposure to climate change and geopolitical factors, Canadian risk managers say. The risk from climate change “will be pervasive and have a massive impact and it’s something that we don’t know how to model,” said Sonia Baxendale, president and CEO of the Global […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 22, 2019
Legal experts say criminal charges like those laid against a former bar server in connection with a drunk-driving crash that killed two Ottawa-area teens are rare and difficult to prove. Ann Senack, 62, of Greater Madawaska Township, was charged in March with two counts each of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily […]
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With wildfire season already underway in Alberta and British Columbia, brokers will be looking at how insurance can help their clients mitigate any losses. But brokers and clients alike may not know that the ability to bind coverage could be restricted if there is an active wildfire nearby. This restricted binding authority could mean that […]
By Jason Contant | May 21, 2019
In trying to sue construction contractors for a leaky building, a Winnipeg hospital is actually criticizing Manitoba’s Limitation of Actions Act, a provincial appeal court judge suggested in a recent ruling. In 2003, construction finished on a new five-storey building for St. Boniface General Hospital. “Between 2012 and 2014, there were over 60 reports of […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 21, 2019
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. – Fire officials say the winds continue to be favourable as crews battle a large wildfire burning a few kilometres from a northwestern Alberta town. Nearly 5,000 people have cleared out of High Level and nearby First Nations with flames licking at the southern edge of the community, which is about 750 […]
By The Canadian Press | May 21, 2019
EDMONTON – The Alberta government has imposed a fire ban and restrictions on off-highway vehicle use in the northern half of the province. The government says the decision was made due to the growing threat of wildfires. The areas affected include public land west and north of Slave Lake, north of Lac La Biche up […]
By The Canadian Press | May 17, 2019
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A restoration contractor whose employee drove a company vehicle with a suspended licence is getting its truck back from police impoundment. A man identified as “C.S.” was pulled over in Barrie late Friday evening March 15 while driving a 2017 GMC Savana belonging to his employer, wrote Jennifer Friedland of the Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal […]
By Greg Meckbach | May 17, 2019
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