Year: 2024

Those planning to drive in and around Montreal on the weekend should be aware that road closures are planned due to construction, and some routes may remain blocked due to the August 9 storm that flooded many areas in the region.

Quebec is experiencing an “extremely difficult” period of climate-related disasters, Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said Wednesday, as residents across several regions cleaned up from another episode of severe rainfall. Bonnardel spoke to reporters from Ste-Julienne, Que., a small community…The post Quebec suffering ‘extremely difficult’ wave of severe weather, minister says appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

In the same Dresden hall where a coroner’s inquest was held after a 1957 construction disaster, relatives gathered  to pay tribute to those they lost.

Preliminary indications suggest auto theft in Canada is coming down slightly in 2024, but insurers are warning success is leading to a game of whack-a-mole with car thieves. “We’re…starting to see that,” confirms Aviva Canada CEO Tracy Garrad, who was…The post What Aviva Canada’s CEO is noticing about auto theft appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

While not as dire as in other provinces, those in Saskatchewan should expect above average wildfire activity for the remainder of the year.

A significant chunk of the CTrain line in northwest Calgary will be closed over the weekend.

Canada’s housing market softened slightly in July from a month earlier as sales of existing homes dipped and new listings inched up, the Canadian Real Estate Association said.

RBC and TD Bank Group have agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars in penalties after being charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over recordkeeping violations.

Larry Thompson has been announced as the new owner of the Edmonton Elks. The businessman is the first private owner of the team since it was founded in 1949.