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Winter storm brings heavy snow, strong winds and thunder and lightning to southern Ontario
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Major winter storm brings snow, thunder and lightning to parts of Ontario

March 6, 2023 by The Canadian Press

TORONTO – A fierce winter storm has dumped heavy snow across southern Ontario, where strong winds, thunder and lightning were also reported.   Environment Canada meteorologist Haizhen Sun says between 22 and 30 centimetres of snow fell on the Greater Toronto

Winter storm causes power outages, travel delays and school closures in Ontario
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Thousands in Ontario remain without power after winter storm

February 23, 2023 by The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Hydro One says tens of thousands of its customers in southwestern Ontario lost power after Wednesday’s winter storm and some might have to wait until Friday night for it to be restored.   The utility says more than 33,000

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Failure to tell an insurer about a new vehicle can mean trouble

February 16, 2023 by Philip Porado

A multiple-vehicle owner who failed to add a motorcycle to his insurance within a set time period is precluded from receiving benefits following an accident, said a Feb. 6 decision by Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) adjudicator Stephanie Kepman. On

Damage following a gas leak in the Orleans area of Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2023
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Investigation underway into apparent gas explosion in Ottawa

February 15, 2023 by Cindy Tran and Mickey Djuric - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – Officials say the investigation is now ongoing after 12 people were injured in an apparent gas explosion that rocked an east Ottawa suburb on Monday morning, including two children and two people who were pulled out of the

A crushed vehicle from a fallen tree following a tornado in Tweed, Ont. on July 25, 2022.
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Is Canada seeing more tornadoes every year?

February 14, 2023 by Jason Contant

Canada saw 117 recorded tornadoes across the country during the 2022 season, tying 2021 for the highest-ever single season on record, according to the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP). As with 2021, 29 of the tornadoes reached up to EF2 on

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Insurers don’t need a medical reason for denying IRB: Appeal Court

February 9, 2023 by David Gambrill

An auto insurer does not have to state a medical reason for terminating a claimant’s income replacement benefits (IRBs) if there is another legal, non-medical ground for doing so (such as a return to work, for example), the Ontario Court

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Ontario’s new approach to emergency response

February 7, 2023 by Jason Contant

Ontario’s government will launch a ‘provincial exercise program’ to create, review and update new provincial emergency response plans and test whole-of-government emergency response, the province announced Friday. The provincial exercise program is part of Ontario’s first-ever Provincial Emergency Management Strategy

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Slowing growth a ‘good thing’ when economy is overheated: BoC’s Macklem

February 7, 2023 by Nojoud Al Mallees THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says that although a slowing economy may not seem like a good thing, it is when the economy is overheated. Speaking in Quebec City Tuesday, Macklem said that higher interest rates are

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Councillors vote down controversial proposed tobogganing ban in Oshawa, Ont.

February 6, 2023 by Jordan Omstead - THE CANADIAN PRESS

A proposal to ban tobogganing at all but two municipal parks in a city east of Toronto was voted down after a lengthy council debate and a wave of public pushback. City staff in Oshawa, Ont., will instead look to

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Accident benefits claimant misses notification period by two decades

February 3, 2023 by David Gambrill

Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has denied an application for auto accident benefits from a woman injured in an auto accident because she missed the 30-day window to notify her insurance company — by more than 20 years. On May

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What prospective talent looks for when choosing a P&C employer

February 3, 2023 by Jason Contant

Flexible work arrangements remain a top consideration for aspiring Canadian P&C insurance professionals, according to a new poll from a Vancouver-based multi-disciplinary recruitment firm. The poll from Impact Recruitment found that, aside from monetary compensation, one in four professionals consider

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Claimant can’t resume auto AB payments after 13 months on the job

January 30, 2023 by David Gambrill

A New Brunswick woman injured in an auto accident is not entitled to resume her accident benefits payments 13 months after returning to work, the province’s top court has ruled. New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal sided with her auto insurer,