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High winds contributed in part to most catastrophes in Canada over the past few decades, prompting the need for a new national standard on wind resilience, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) said Thursday. A report released by ICLR and the Standards Council of Canada is recommending the development of a new national standard […]
By Jason Contant | April 25, 2019
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An art appraiser who gave evidence in 2007 at a coverage dispute lawsuit against Chubb Insurance Company of Canada is now suing his former client. Bridgette Sagl’s home in Mississauga, Ont. burned down Dec. 16, 1997. Chubb denied her claim, alleging arson and material misrepresentation. She sued Chubb (which was acquired by ACE in 2015) […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 24, 2019
FREDERICTON – Thane Mallory says the picturesque water view out the back window is what keeps him going back every day to Gulliver’s World Cafe, his restaurant in Gagetown, N.B. “I wake up every morning and look out the back window and I say, that’s beautiful,” Mallory said Wednesday. “That love affair kind of ends […]
BIGGAR, Sask. – Saskatchewan’s fire commissioner is urging people across the province not to have open fires as a wildfire around the town of Biggar sparked a state of emergency and some evacuations. Duane McKay says crews are assessing what impact a change in wind directions will have on the fire but that it is […]
By The Canadian Press | April 23, 2019
2 min read
TORONTO – Aleksandra Kozhevnikova doesn’t remember being hit by the van that careened through north Toronto and mowed down pedestrians on a busy thoroughfare last April. Nor does the 92-year-old woman, one of the 16 injured who survived, want to talk about the attack that killed 10 people and robbed her of the independence she […]
By Jason Contant | April 22, 2019
4 min read
Nearly 2,400 homes in Quebec have been flooded following the spring melt in the province, according to statistics released early Monday morning by the provincial government. The flooding has resulted in the evacuation of more than 1,500 residents. The city of Ste-Marie was particularly hard-hit, with 974 homes flooded and 500 residents evacuated. Beauceville saw […]
Can a court order a cube van owner under the Family Law Act to “insure” a vehicle that is to be transferred over to an ex? No, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled recently. Sukhvir Singh Athwal and Jessie Walia are currently involved in a Family Law Act proceeding over a financial dispute and […]
By David Gambrill | April 22, 2019
DETROIT – BMW is adding nearly 185,000 vehicles in the U.S. to a 2017 recall for possible engine fires. Two years ago the company recommended that the vehicles be parked outdoors until problems are fixed. The recall expansion covers a dozen 3 Series, 5 Series and Z4 models from the 2006 model year. BMW says […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 18, 2019
A substantial number of Ontario residents are at risk of becoming temporarily homeless because they live in old high-rise buildings with critical infrastructure that needs to be replaced, a politician told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. “Across Toronto and across Ontario we have an aging stock of high-rise buildings that largely went up in the 60s and […]
You are the owner of a condo unit. The toilet in the condo unit above you overflows, causing water damage to your ceiling and floor. No, your upstairs neighbour does not have to reimburse you for your $1,000 insurance policy deductible, unless you can prove he was negligent. “It can be surprising and upsetting for […]
By David Gambrill | April 18, 2019
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