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Over the past 25 years, 193 lives have been tragically lost to the sex trade. On Wednesday, the Saskatoon community gathered to mourn these losses.

Marineland has been ordered to pay nearly $85,000 in fines and restitution after it was found guilty under Ontario’s animal cruelty laws of three charges related to its care of three black bears.

A pedestrian has been injured in a hit-and-run in Scarborough, Toronto police say.

In years past, Knit City started in Vancouver and spread to Toronto and Montreal but this is the first time the weekend fibre festival is coming to Calgary.

Phillip Fitzpatrick, the retired Arizona man who overbid on a trip to New Westminster on “The Price is Right” and became a local celebrity in the process, is back in the city this week. And this time, he decided to make the trip on his own.

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.