The province is looking for feedback from Manitobans on how to improve the safety of an intersection that was the site of a deadly crash last year.
Month: July 2024
Why’s it taking longer to settle home insurance claims?
Ontario’s financial services regulator has found a “significant variation” in the amount of time it takes different insurers to settle home insurance claims, partially attributable to supply chain disruptions, catastrophic events and a shortage of skilled labour. In its inaugural…The post Why’s it taking longer to settle home insurance claims? appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.
Letters to the editor: New road is waste of money
New road waste of money Re: City of Brantford aims to solve traffic crisis, Expositor, June 24. According to an Expositor quote, the current mayor of Brantford says, “The only route Shellard Lane people in West Brant have to employment lands in the Oak Park/403 area is across the Lorne Bridge and up Brant Avenue.” […]
CRTC posts independent report on Rogers outage, says company made necessary changes
An independent report into the 2022 Rogers outage says the company lacked several protections and redundancies that could have either prevented the outage or ended it sooner.
Chris von Martels books trip to second Olympic Games
Ridgetown’s Chris von Martels was named an alternate for Canada’s Olympic dressage team Friday.
Bankrupt, depressed Kelowna fraudster wins full parole despite opposition
A Kelowna fraudster who stole hundreds of thousands of government dollars in the name of vulnerable Indigenous youth will be fully paroled by the middle of July.
Serious Lagimodiere Boulevard crash leaves 1 in critical condition
Police are expected to remain at the scene for the several hours into Friday afternoon, and drivers should avoid the area.
At large for 1 month, Stan Daniels escapee found south of Edmonton
A convict who escaped an Edmonton correctional service more than a month ago has been caught.
Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton
When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot in Walkerton to protest on June 26, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few […]
Local jobless rate has largest increase in more than a year
The Brantford-Brant jobless rate saw its largest month-over-month increase in more than a year, but other data suggests the swing isn’t as dramatic as it first appears. The Brantford area unemployment rate climbed by 0.8 percentage points in June to 5.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada estimates, which are seasonally adjusted and are […]