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Your Source For Daily Insurance News & AnalysisQuestions Arise Over Canadian Oil Sands As It Lays Out 2016 Spending Plans
Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., fighting a hostile takeover bid by Suncor Energy, has laid out spending plans and performance targets for next year that it says demonstrate shareholders are well-served under the status quo. Throughout the heated takeover debate, Suncor...
Operation Red Nose
Named in honour of Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all, Operation Red Nose provides free rides to drivers and their passengers who are impaired or too tired to drive home during the holiday season. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE NATIONAL WEBSITE How it works On Friday...
U. of Waterloo, Intact Financial seek ways to reduce damage from severe weather
The University of Waterloo and Intact Financial Corp. (TSX:IFC) have created a new research centre that will look for new ways to reduce weather-related property damage linked to climate change. Intact will initially provide $4.25 million for a program focused on how...
Economical Insurance selected as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers for 2016
Economical Insurance, one of Canada’s leading providers of home, auto and business insurance, is proud to have been selected as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers for 2016 by Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Winners were chosen for providing exceptional places to work in...
Classes help older drivers sharpen their skills, extend driving years
Joe Minerva has been driving since 1946. He's a skilled and disciplined driver and he's never been in an accident. So Minerva was surprised how much he learned when he recently took his first-ever driving class. During the six-hour AARP course at his local senior...
Nanaimo, B.C., man nearly loses thousands of dollars in iTunes scam
Police in Nanaimo, B.C., are warning the public after a man was caught in an iTunes scam. RCMP say the man received an email that appeared to be from Apple iTunes listing several transactions on his account, and asking him to click on a link if the charges were...
$120,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment for Soft Tissue Injuries with Disabling “Pain Disorder”
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, assessing damages for a chronic pain disorder caused by two vehicle collisions. In today’s case (Litt v. Guo) the Plaintiff was involved in two collisions, the first in 2003, the...
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) Selects LexisNexis as Lead Vendor to Manage its National Flood Program Initiative
Press Release: LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology to help organizations predict and manage risk, announced November 26, 2015 that the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has selected the company as the lead partner to help...
Ontario Reconsiders Brand New Medical Marijuana Vaporizing Exemptions
Ontario's Liberal government says it is now reconsidering medical marijuana exemptions to e-cigarette rules that are so new they haven't even technically come into effect. The turnaround comes just one day after the exemption for medical marijuana users to a...
Pilgrim who fell overboard during Mayflower voyage went on to populate the US
John Howland may not be as famous as William Bradford, John Carver and Myles Standish, notable passengers on the Mayflower that landed in Massachusetts in 1620. Yet Howland probably had a greater impact on the history of the United States than any of them. Hundreds of...
