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OTTAWA – Canada’s police chiefs want a new law that would force people to hand over their electronic passwords with a judge’s consent. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has passed a resolution calling for the legal measure to unlock digital evidence, saying criminals increasingly use encryption to hide illicit activities. There is nothing […]
By Jason Contant | August 16, 2016
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Senior officials with BC Hydro have “quietly feared for years that earthquakes triggered by natural gas industry fracking operations could damage its Peace River dams,” the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has charged. In a statement posted to its website on Tuesday, the CCPA said that the Crown corporation disclosed its concerns “which focus […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 16, 2016
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Insured losses arising from the Fort McMurray, Alberta wildfire are estimated at $4.67 billion, Verisk Analytics Inc.’s Property Claims Services said in a bulletin this week. The wildfire in May was the most expensive natural catastrophe in Canadian history, when measured by insured losses. It resulted in the evacuation of about 88,000 people – including […]
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A severe storm that swept through Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba during the second week of July has resulted in more than $48 million in insured damage, according to Toronto-based Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), which delivers detailed analytical and meteorological information on Canadian natural and man-made catastrophes. From July 8 to 11, a low […]
Extensive precipitation-induced flooding in southern Louisiana, from west of Baton Rouge to Mississippi, has resulted in six deaths, tens of thousands of rescues and significant property damage, catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide said in media advisory issued late Monday. AIR Worldwide said that thousands of homes, as well as farmland, highways and commercial and industrial […]
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A city that was forced to close its water intakes after an oil spill on the North Saskatchewan River has received a $5-million payment from Husky Energy. The city of Prince Albert said the initial payment will help cover direct costs and indirect losses due to a pipeline leak that spilled […]
By The Canadian Press | August 16, 2016
Toyota Canada Inc. has announced that it is changing the remedy for 21,722 model year 2006 to 2011 Toyota RAV4 and model year 2010 Lexus HS250h vehicles involved in a 2013 recall. In the earlier action, if the nuts for adjusting rear wheel alignment were improperly tightened when an alignment was performed, rust could form […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 15, 2016
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A wildfire destroyed at least 10 homes and forced some 4,000 people to flee as flames jumped a road and moved into a Northern California town still recovering from a devastating wildfire nearly a year ago. The fire reached Main Street in Lower Lake, a town of 1,200 about 90 miles […]
By Jason Contant | August 15, 2016
Insured property damage from a thunderstorm system July 18-20 in Western Canada is pegged, in a preliminary estimate, at $89.06 million, Verisk Analytics Inc.’s Property Claims Services unit reported. “In Alberta, thunderstorms brought strong winds, heavy rain and hail primarily in the southern regions,” PCS said in a catastrophe bulletin of the weather event. “Residents […]
Recent flooding across parts of Louisiana and southern Mississippi could approach or possibly exceed US$1.5 billion in economic damage, Impact Forecasting suggested in a cat alert issued on Sunday. “Based on the volume of river crest records that have been set during this event, this is one of the most catastrophic non-tropical cyclone triggered flood […]
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