ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A suspected cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador’s health network has led to the cancellation of thousands of medical appointments across the province and forced some local health systems to revert to paper. The “brain” of the…
Insurers will probably pay out $25 million towards claims from Hurricane Larry. That is the initial estimate from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Wednesday in a press release. Hurricane Larry made landfall on…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Canada’s offshore oil and gas regulator has laid three charges against a Cenovus Energy Inc. subsidiary stemming from a huge oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland in 2018. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board…
Auto insurance rates plunged in Alberta and Ontario this spring, while rates stayed flat in Atlantic Canada, according to Q2 2021 results from LowestRates.ca’s latest Auto Insurance Price Index Report. In Alberta, rates decreased 11% quarter-over-quarter after a steep incline…
Losses to Canadian clients, from Hurricane Larry, seem to be comprised mainly of wind damage to residential property on Newfoundland Avalon’s peninsula, according to reports from adjusters so far. Hurricane Larry, which originated in the North Atlantic Ocean, passed by…
Kent Rowe cannot remember winds as bad as they were this past weekend in the Newfoundland and Labrador capital. “We saw gusts here in St. John’s of up to 145 kilometres an hour that lasted for about five or six…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Hurricane Larry made landfall as a Category 1 storm in eastern Newfoundland, arriving near South East Bight around midnight local time, according to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami. The storm crashed inland on the western…
Hurricane Larry reached Placentia Bay, Nfld. shortly before midnight Friday night. Environment Canada warned southeastern Newfoundland residents Friday that high winds could topple trees, leading to downed power lines. At 11:57 p.m. Atlantic time (12:27 a.m. local time), the center…
Flooding could affect property clients Sept. 10 in the Placentia Bay area of Newfoundland, as winds off the coast may reach 130 kilometres per hour and some areas could get about 50 millimetres of rain. “Hurricane Larry is expected to…
Large Atlantic Ocean waves will soon affect Canada’s east coast as Hurricane Larry continues to move north. UPDATE – Hurricane Larry makes landfall in eastern Newfoundland “Significant swells will begin to reach the east coast of the United States and…
Large waves could hit Canada’s Atlantic coast this Thursday as Hurricane Larry moves north, Environment Canada warns. UPDATE – What we know so far about Canadian Hurricane Larry claims On Tuesday morning, the Category 3 hurricane was causing winds of…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Linda Bishop says there’s a reason why every one of her group’s moose alerts that lands periodically in a handful of inboxes belonging to Newfoundland and Labrador journalists ends ominously with, “Urgent: Yes.” “It’s urgent because…