MONTREAL – A major fire at a Montreal heritage building was still not under control Friday and authorities were not able to provide a firm timeline of how long it would take to extinguish the blaze. The fire broke out late Thursday afternoon at the Monastere du Bon-Pasteur, a 19th century former monastery, and quickly […]
By Jason Contant | May 26, 2023
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Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically dampens hurricane activity. But at the same time record ocean heat is bubbling up in the […]
By Jason Contant | May 25, 2023
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HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – Officials in the Northwest Territories say more than half of the wildfires in the territory this year were started by people. A total of 15 wildfires have burned 161 square kilometres across the territory so far this season, eight of which are suspected to have been caused by humans. Wildlife information […]
By Jason Contant | May 24, 2023
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With wildfires raging on across Alberta and the west, adjusters are hoping the fires stay remote and spare populous areas from catastrophic losses. “We are seeing some claims and anticipate seeing many more as dangerous conditions persist,” Patricia (P.J.) Davis, national catastrophe manager at Crawford Canada told Canadian Underwriter. “Most of the losses reported […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | May 24, 2023
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EDMONTON – Light rainfall and cooler temperatures slowed down wildfire activity in Alberta over the long weekend and more rain that’s in the forecast may help firefighters catch a breath during a record-breaking season of fires. “This could be a turning point for the firefighters working out there on the fires,” Christie Tucker of Alberta […]
By Jason Contant | May 23, 2023
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OTTAWA – Emissions from wildfires hit a new record in 2021 as the blazes that raged in Western Canada and Ontario produced more greenhouse gases than the oil and gas sector and heavy industry combined. Canada’s forests are relied on heavily to absorb the carbon dioxide we emit when we burn fossil fuels, but when […]
By Jason Contant | May 19, 2023
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One MGA is questioning a regulatory change in Ontario that dropped a mandatory requirement for licensed producers (LPs) of cannabis to hold $15 million in product recall insurance and instead raised the commercial general liability requirement to that amount. In the fall of 2022, the Ontario Cannabis Store — the regulatory body for the sale […]
By Jason Contant | May 18, 2023
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Canadian businesses are seeing a rise in the cost of their business interruption claims, causing BI to be one of their top risk concerns in 2023, according to a new report by Aon Canada. “The sources of business disruption for companies have become a myriad of interconnected, complex, and diverse challenges,” Aon states in its […]
By David Gambrill | May 18, 2023
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The mayor of a west-central Alberta town said it was emotional to return home nearly two weeks after an out-of-control wildfire forced residents to flee, but thousands elsewhere remain on edge as scores of fires continue to rage across much of the West. “Just happy to be home and happy to be supporting one another […]
By Jason Contant | May 18, 2023
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An auto injury falling outside of Ontario’s $3,500 Minor Injury Guideline (MIG) cap is no longer a ‘minor injury’ for the purpose of imposing funding limits on certain medical goods and services, Ontario License Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has ruled. “There is no provision under the [Statutory Accident Benefits] Schedule (SABs) that separates a ‘minor injury’ […]
By David Gambrill | May 17, 2023
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