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Experts say city and suburb dwellers have it much worse than their counterparts living in the countryside, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as ‘urban heat island effect.’

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said public auto insurance is not in the running as a long-term auto reform option.  That’s despite a recent Oliver Wyman report that found a public auto model would lead to the lowest premiums for Albertans.…The post Alberta Premier says no to public auto appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

FORT GOOD HOPE, NWT – A wildfire that forced the evacuation of Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories continues to grow but has not destroyed any structures. Fire officials say the blaze has expanded significantly in size from Monday’s…The post Residents remain out as wildfire grows in Northwest Territories appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Starting at noon Tuesday, dispatchers in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) will begin dispatching EMS calls again.

In the wake of Premier François Legault’s comments that losing a third referendum on independence would be ‘the worst thing that could happen,’ Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is asking him ‘to do no harm’ and not to ‘contaminate everyone with unhealthy defeatism.’

Montreal public health officials are giving an update on the extreme heat and measures to help people stay safe.

A major British Columbia shipbuilding company, which builds and services vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy, has been fined more than $700,000 after a worker suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at the company’s Victoria shipyard.

A North Battleford fire investigator discovered human remains inside a home that was destroyed in a fire on Saturday.