Month: August 2024

A B.C.-based crypto trading platform lied to its customers while “diverting” $13 million-worth of their assets to gambling, according the provincial regulator.

HINTON, Alta. – People who live in Jasper, Alta., will be allowed to return to the community on Friday, but wildfire officials say they should not expect to spend the night in their homes. Town incident commander Christine Nadon told…The post Jasper wildfire evacuees can start returning to townsite on Friday appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

The city says that it is moving forward with two affordable housing projects – one of them a plan to turn a parking lot in Kensington Market into affordable housing, even though the project is not fully funded yet.

A massive hailstorm that struck Calgary Aug. 5 resembles a storm in the city several years ago that cost Canadian P&C insurers about $1.2 billion in insured damage, according to the Northern Hail Project (NHP). “Preliminary findings indicate that the…The post Will Calgary hailstorm rival 2020’s $1.2 billion event? appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

A car owner is not entitled to auto accident benefits (AB) for injuries sustained in a carjacking because his injuries were not directly caused by the use and operation of the motor vehicle, Ontario’s Licence Appeals Tribunal determined last Wednesday.…The post Why this driver can’t collect benefits for his carjacking injuries appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

A dispute over a cancelled Flair Airlines flight from Calgary to Vancouver last year – which the airline blamed on bird strikes that were never recorded in a federal database – hasn’t ended yet.

Police near Victoria are asking for the public’s help as they investigate an attempted arson outside a business in Oak Bay.

Just two weeks after receiving a pacemaker in May, John Kebert was able to get back to his hikes he had missed so much.

A large crowd turned out for a flag-raising kicking off a full week of Chatham-Kent Pride activities at the civic centre Monday.

Matterhorn admirers trampling rare plants