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Brokers needn’t advise new Canadians to obtain a provincial driver’s licence

February 20, 2024 by David Gambrill

Insurance brokers in B.C. aren’t required to advise clients new to Canada that they must apply for a provincial driver’s licence within 90 days of residency in the province, B.C.’s Civil Rules Tribunal has ruled. “I find that the duty

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New approach to testing older drivers prompts accusations of age discrimination

April 10, 2018 Dirk Meissner - THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA – Frank Harding is 98 years old and most days he drives his 1990 Volvo sedan to the Comox Recreation Centre where he works out. One summer, the resident of Courtenay, B.C., said he drove across Canada four times

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Equifax says U.S.-focused theft of data touched ‘certain’ Canadian residents

September 8, 2017 The Canadian Press (CPSTF)

TORONTO – Credit monitoring company Equifax says that it will work with regulators in Canada and the United Kingdom to determine the appropriate steps following a lapse in cyber security that’s affecting about 143 million people in the United States.

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Two customers spearhead class action lawsuit against casino over hacking of private data

November 15, 2016 Colin Perkel - THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO – Two gamblers who allege their privacy was breached are spearheading a proposed class action against an Ontario casino whose databases were hacked. In a notice of action, they also alleged Monday that Casino Rama, north of Toronto, unjustly