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Your Source For Daily Insurance News & AnalysisHealth care battle in judge’s hands but expected to land in Canada’s top court
By Camille Bains THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ A judge ended the last day of a nearly four-year trial by hinting that no matter which side wins in the fight over the expansion of private health care in British Columbia, the case will ultimately be decided by the...
HUB International buys Morneau Shepell’s benefits consulting business for $70M
TORONTO _ Insurance brokerage HUB International Ltd. has signed a deal to acquire Morneau Shepell Inc.'s benefits consulting practice. Morneau Shepell says Hub paid $70 million for the business. Chief executive Stephen Liptrap says Morneau Shepell made the decision to...
Why is cannabis so expensive in some provinces? Don’t ask Statistics Canada
By Michael J. Armstrong, Associate professor of operations research, Goodman School of Business, Brock University THE CANADIAN PRESS This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from...
Canada’s tax season kicks off and with a simplified paper return
The Canada Revenue Agency is sending an unlikely message to kick off tax season: Paper-filers, we have not forgotten you. Despite a years-long push to have more people file taxes online because it’s generally faster and easier, many Canadians still prefer putting pen,...
ICBC and police remind drivers to “take a break” from their phones
February 27, 2020 Since 2014, more than one in four fatal crashes on B.C. roads have involved distracted driving, which is why ICBC and police continue to combat this dangerous driving behaviour that claims 76 lives each year.* This month, drivers will be hearing one...
Openness in relationships extends to your finances, experts say
By Christopher Reynolds THE CANADIAN PRESS John Shmuel knows firsthand what financial openness and secrecy can do. By the third date, his fiancee knew his income and savings. A year later they'd agreed to focus on saving for a condo before getting married. "We were...
Edmonton travel agents field calls, re-book and cancel trips over COVID-19
The excerpted article was written by JULIA WONG GLOBAL NEWS Approximately 100 people working in tourism gathered Thursday in Edmonton for an industry conference that touched on the novel coronavirus and its impact on travel. The coronavirus COVID-19 has reached every...
Canadian insurance providers must define new business models
Emerging technologies and intensifying competition provide occasions for reinvention
Canada must expose hidden company owners to end ‘snow washing,’ inquiry hears
By Laura Kane THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations in order to shed its international reputation as a destination for laundering the proceeds of crime, an inquiry has heard. A coalition...
4 tricks the wealthy use to reduce taxes that ordinary Canadians can try
The excerpted article was written by Julia Mastroianni | Financial Post Here are a few ideas: Sheltering investment income For any Canadian with the ability to save money, sheltering income from the taxman in one of the two main savings vehicles the government makes...
