In a year many pundits are calling the ‘Superbowl of elections,’ political risk practically oozes from the soil. Throughout 2024, electoral contests are slated, or recently concluded, in more than 100 countries. Anticipating potential policy changes these elections might trigger…The post What recent, and coming, elections mean for Canadian corporate risk appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.
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RCMP investigate after home shot at, 13-year-old injured in northern Manitoba
A 13-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a shooting in northern Manitoba.
Downtown Chatham BIA seeks submissions for mural project
A call is out to give artists a chance to have their work displayed in downtown Chatham.
83-year-old Newfoundland musician still playing sold-out shows, even with memory loss
At 2 p.m. on Thursday, the scene at the Lions Club in Clarenville, N.L., rivalled any rowdy St. John’s bar that thumps with music late on a weekend night.
Sentencing hearing for Sask. man who kept daughter from mother to prevent COVID-19 vaccine set to resume
A sentencing hearing will resume today for the Saskatchewan man who withheld his seven-year-old daughter from her mother for more than 100 days in 2021 and 2022 in an attempt to prevent her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Search underway for missing person in Coquitlam after home destroyed by mudslide
Search underway for missing person in Coquitlam after home destroyed by mudslide
Childcare services: FIPEQ president steps down
Valérie Grenon, president of the Federation of early childhood educators (FIPEQ) and a leading figure among unionized childcare workers, is stepping down from her position.
Opposition mounts against Quebec’s new flood maps
Opposition is growing over Quebec’s new flood maps, with the province’s professional association of real estate brokers warning they could disrupt the housing market and directly impact homeowners.
Tobacco companies unlikely to shift business models despite proposed settlement: prof
Tobacco policy experts say without further pressure, major companies are unlikely to shift their business models toward less harmful alternatives despite a proposed settlement reached that would see three industry giants pay out billions to smokers and their families.
Flood warnings in effect due to B.C. storm
Flood warnings have been issued for parts of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island as an atmospheric river drenches the South Coast.
