Year: 2024

A woman killed while picking blueberries on a farm east of Vancouver was initially thought to have died in a bear attack in August 2021, but a newly released coroner’s report says she was mauled by dogs from another property.

One of the operators of an illegal magic mushroom shop that popped up in Osborne Village last year will serve nine months of house arrest for her role in the operation.

Travis Konecny ended his drought and so did the Philadelphia Flyers.

Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid said he “probably won’t go tonight” as the Oilers practiced Friday before a game against the Arizona Coyotes.

As Canada looks ahead to what experts fear could be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs say they are worried about the dwindling number of volunteers available to combat the rising threat. Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of…The post Before likely ‘ferocious’ wildfire season, fire chiefs worry about drop in volunteers appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Cloud-based services can serve as a much-needed speed accelerator to the Canadian P&C insurance industry, eliminating friction and digitizing the customer experience, speakers said Thursday at the 2024 CIP Society Symposium in downtown Toronto. “I personally think the biggest threat…The post How cloud services can speed up the P&C industry appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Lane Hutson to a three-year entry-level contract, the NHL team announced Friday.

A decision in which a woman whose psychological trauma was triggered after she viewed the dashcam footage of an auto accident she was involved in—and spotted a house in the background where she’d lived and was the victim of abuse—has…The post Why LAT is reconsidering an accident benefits claim after an auto accident appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Police in Port Moody are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect after a restaurant was broken into multiple times this week.

With Monday’s celestial spectacle now a memory, millions of Canadians have their protective eclipse glasses lying around the house.  Local students don’t want you to just throw the glasses out.  A number of Grand Erie schools are collecting the glasses, which will be sent around the world so that others can enjoy a safe view […]