Legal / Regulation
A third Canadian province has been given the go-ahead for electronic proof of insurance for drivers. The Alberta government gave the OK for drivers to show their pink cards in a digital format through their smartphone this week, following the lead of Newfoundland and Labrador earlier this month and Nova Scotia last year. Just recently, […]
By Adam Malik | August 13, 2019
3 min read
Tech
A combination of technology, legislation and behaviour change are contributing to a downward trend in road injuries and fatalities in Saskatchewan, including a substantial decrease last year, the Minister responsible for Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) suggested at a press conference Friday. “Behaviour change takes time, we know that,” Joe Hargrave said at the press conference […]
By Jason Contant | August 7, 2019
How cybercriminals are stealing municipal data – and how to prevent it
By James Steele, Lawyer, Robertson Stromberg LLP | August 6, 2019
4 min read
How to stand out from the crowd on the world’s biggest search engine without blowing the budget on a fancy website.
By Adam Malik, Managing Editor | August 3, 2019
Aviva Canada and venture capital company Highline Beta have joined forces to launch a road safety and smart city accelerator. Applications to the Safe × Connected Cities Accelerator were open to early-stage startup applicants beginning Wednesday, with a deadline of Sept. 27. Startups working in the Internet of Things, mobility, urban technology, road safety, pedestrian […]
By Jason Contant | July 25, 2019
2 min read
A Winnipeg-based provider of scalable digital solutions for the agricultural industry has launched what it calls the industry’s first insurtech platform combining field-level data, remote sensing, artificial intelligence-driven models and secure automation technology. The platform creates a “new digital connection between insurance providers and growers,” transforming traditional crop insurance to create a more streamlined, digital […]
By Jason Contant | July 24, 2019
Machine learning and optical character recognition can help brokers enter data from forms, but it still often takes human effort to read handwriting
By Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor | July 8, 2019
HALIFAX – The accounting firm investigating the unseemly demise of Canada’s QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange is accusing the company’s late founder of creating fake trades and transferring customer funds into his personal accounts, where the money was used for high-risk margin trading. “Substantial funds were transferred to Mr. (Gerald) Cotten personally and other related parties,” says […]
By Greg Meckbach | June 21, 2019
What’s the secret to successful digital transformation? The key is to get buy-in from the lower levels of the organization, said Paul Chapman, chief information officer (CIO) at Box Inc., a provider of cloud content management and file-sharing service for businesses. “The tricky part is not the leadership themselves, they can get aligned,” Chapman said […]
By Jason Contant | June 21, 2019
MONTREAL – Desjardins Group said Thursday the personal information of more than 2.9 million of its members has been shared with individuals outside of the organization. The Quebec-based financial institution said the breach affects 2.7 million individual members and 173,000 business members. It said the situation is the result of unauthorized and illegal use of […]
By The Canadian Press | June 20, 2019
1 min read
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