Supporting an industry-wide effort to bring new talent into the Canadian property and casualty industry, the Insurance Institute of Canada today introduced its ‘Accelerated Competence Series,’ a program of five new learning modules for industry hires. “The Accelerated Competence Series…The post Institute launches new phase of industry-wide recruitment initiative appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.
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Outtakes From a MaenamaLina Staff Meal
We love a good in-house, family-style “staff meal”. Last month, we caught wind of a variation on this theme: a staff meal exchange between two restaurants, Maenam and AnnaLena.
Trudeau says provinces must price carbon as Manitoba eyes alternative to federal plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Manitoba and other provinces are free to propose alternatives to the federal price on carbon, but must have a “price signal” of their own.
Depressed since pandemic, Halifax museum’s parrot being shipped to Ontario
A parrot in Nova Scotia that has been showing signs of depression since the pandemic is moving to Ontario for a change of scenery and to make new friends.
Airstrikes on aid workers don’t ‘just happen,’ Trudeau says after Netanyahu comments
Attacks on aid workers are not something that just happens in war, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence of a deadly airstrike in central Gaza on April 1.
Most Ontario online gamblers using regulated market sites, study indicates
A new study indicates most Ontarians who recently gambled online did so through regulated sites, though the unregulated market is still sizable.
Kingston sees $3.2M from Ontario government home building fund
Kingston broke ground on 1,465 new housing units last year, the Ontario government says.
‘Like an underwater puppy’: B.C. woman forms lasting friendship with octopus
When Catherine Dobrowolski began doing daily walks by the water, she never expected to make an eight-legged friend.
Video of motorcyclist speeding 234 km/h on Vancouver bridge under investigation
Video of motorcyclist speeding 234 km/h on Vancouver bridge under investigation
Ontario woman shocked by $2,500 vacant home tax bill for condo she lives in
An Ontario resident said she got a ‘bit of shock’ when she opened up a piece of mail from the City of Toronto last month, informing her that she owed more than $2,500 in taxes for the ‘vacant’ Scarborough condo where she currently resides.
