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$2.2-million credit score class action settlement with The Personal approved

A $2.2 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit against The Personal has been approved by a judge, plaintiffs’ law firm Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation announced Monday. The lawsuit arose after The Personal asked some auto claimants if it could access their credit scores. This resulted in a complaint with the federal Privacy Commissioner and […]

By Greg Meckbach | October 28, 2019

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Final pieces of storm toppled crane removed off top of Halifax building

HALIFAX – The final pieces of a crane that collapsed onto a building in Halifax last month, during post-tropical storm Dorian, have been removed. A government release says the pieces that were lying on the top storey of the Olympus building were taken away on Saturday. “The work has required many long hours and painstaking […]

By Greg Meckbach | October 28, 2019

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Expert witness rule in auto personal injury lawsuits deemed unconstitutional

A 22-year-old Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favour of a marine cargo insurer is a sword that could cut the other way for Canadian auto insurers. The British Columbia government brought in a rule this past March limiting parties in auto personal injury lawsuits to a maximum of three expert witnesses. That rule was […]

By Greg Meckbach | October 25, 2019

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Power fully restored two weeks after major snowstorm, cleanup continues

WINNIPEG – Electricity is back on in all communities that lost power two weeks ago, when Manitoba was hit by a major snowstorm that brought down power poles and transmission towers. Manitoba Hydro says crews have replaced more than 4,000 damaged wooden poles and repaired about 950 kilometres of power lines. The Thanksgiving weekend storm […]

By Jason Contant | October 25, 2019

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