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The Digital Edition of Canadian Underwriter’s June 2016 issue
June 23, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterDigital Edition below ↓ Cover Story: ‘Technology Assist’ Growing use of technology solutions during natural disasters — as evidenced by happenings in Fort McMurray — looks poised to continue, with different options and more applications becoming a natural part of…
Over 30 Juno Awards to be represented on stage to perform at Benefit Concert #BackFortMac, Monday June 27
June 21, 2016 #BackFortMacToronto – Hub International’s Eileen Greene is challenging the insurance industry, companies, vendors, brokers and suppliers to step up to the plate to support the fundraising concert #BackFortMac on Monday June 27, 2016 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall at 7:30 p.m.…
Crawford Establishes Office in Fort McMurray
June 10, 2016 Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc.TORONTO – Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. is pleased to announce that it has established a new permanent office in Fort McMurray, Alberta, allowing the company to continue to provide high level service to its insurer partners and the policyholders…
‘There’s nothing left:’ The story of one man’s return to Fort McMurray
June 5, 2016 By Lauren Krugel - The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Farid El-Hayouni manages to keep it together until he sees what is left of his son’s bike. Along the drive up Highway 63 into Fort McMurray, he makes a series of matter-of-fact observations about what “the…
Tenor John McDermott, Guitarist Liona Boyd and Rocker Alan Frew to Perform at Benefit Concert #BackFortMac
June 5, 2016 #BackFortMacTORONTO, ON – Canadian tenor John McDermott, classical guitarist and 5-time Juno Award winner Liona Boyd, and legendary rocker, author, and 5-time Juno Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Alan Frew of Glass Tiger will perform #BackFortMac #TheConcert on June 27 at…
Big cleanup job underway at downtown Fort McMurray brew pub
June 5, 2016 By Lauren Krugel – THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – On May 3, patrons at the Wood Buffalo Brewing Company on downtown Fort McMurray’s main drag had to leave their pints and plates on the table as a massive forest fire breached the city and everyone…
Work camps north of Fort McMurray evacuated due to growing wildfire
May 16, 2016 By John Cotter and Dean Bennett - The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A precautionary evacuation is clearing out employees at work camps north of Fort McMurray due to the threat of a quickly spreading wildfire. Non-essential personnel are leaving while others are staying to conduct work on the…
Alberta government releases Fort McMurray fire damage surveillance app
May 16, 2016 The Canadian PressEDMONTON – The Alberta government has released an app that will give Fort McMurray residents a good look at their properties. A message from Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee warns that viewing the satellite images may be traumatic, and the…
A look at how a wildfire consumed large parts of Fort McMurray
May 8, 2016 The Canadian PressFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A wildfire has devastated the community of Fort McMurray. Here is a timeline of events: Sunday – A fire starts in a remote part of forest southwest of Fort McMurray. Investigators don’t know how it started,…