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Insurers received approximately 70,000 claims after Tropical Storm Debby flooded southern Quebec in August, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (Quebec) reports.  That’s more than ten to seventeen times the usual volume, “and claims continue to come in,” says Line Crevier,…The post Quebec floods cause claims surge, 70,000 filed after torrential rainstorm appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Three commercial insurance providers in Alberta won their appeal in a $9.7-million pollution claim regarding when a gas pipeline leak was “detected.” In Paramount Resources Ltd v Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, the Alberta Court of Appeal found a lower…The post Why insurers won their appeal in this $9.7-million pollution claim appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

A neighbourhood in Ladysmith, B.C, got the shock of a lifetime when a bolt a lightning struck a home late Sunday afternoon.

Police are searching for three men who they say attempted to lure a 10-year-old boy into their car in Ajax last month.

A large fire south of Saskatoon has destroyed multiple buildings, including a home.

Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri has deleted a post on X that claimed the affordability crisis has driven parents to traffic their kids.

Manitoba communities will be able to opt out of being part of the capital planning region if they want according to new legislation that will introduced by the Manitoba government.

The Zummer Zine Zocial is happening this weekend! What’s that, you ask? According to organizers at Moniker Press and Zine Harvest, it’s a ‘community zine and book picnic’ – aka one heck of a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon in the park (weather permitting – knock on wood!)

A jewel of Quebec television heritage is in jeopardy: the original Passe-Partout costume was severely damaged when a pipe burst and flooded at Tele-Quebec in Montreal last week.

Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions will attempt to do something on Saturday night no other CFL team has done this season.