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Barely passable grade on flood preparedness demands immediate action: report

October 31, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

All 10 Canadian provinces and Yukon are not making the grade when it comes to flood preparedness, signalling the need for change, including not allowing municipalities to override provincial or territorial direction on development in flood-prone areas, argues a new

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Vulnerability allows printer watering hole attacks to spread malware: Vectra Networks

July 13, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Researchers at the Vectra Threat Labs have discovered a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that enables attackers to gain system-level control over computers via infected or fake printer drivers to spread malware. “The vulnerability stems from a Windows process that

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Seine still rising in Paris as streets flood, landmarks shut

June 3, 2016 Raphael Satter and Angela Charlton - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS – The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut on Friday. Across the city, parks and cemeteries were being closed as the city braced for flooding that could

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Determining Limits

June 1, 2016 Michael Teitelbaum, Partner, Hughes Amys LLP

A recent Ontario appeal court ruling exploring what limitation period applies to an insurer’s duty to defend sheds light on an issue not yet comprehensively addressed in the province. When an insurer denies the duty to defend, this is considered a “loss” for the purpose of the triggering of a limitation period.

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2 firefighters hurt in brush fire east of Edmonton; in stable condition

April 19, 2016 The Canadian Press

Two firefighters are in hospital after being hurt while fighting a brush fire northeast of Edmonton. The men were hurt in two separate areas of a brush fire in Lamont County. County communications co-ordinator Heather Atkinson says the firefighters are

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Fire and wind combine for destructive force in southern Alberta city

April 7, 2016 The Canadian Press

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A fire whipped along by a strong wind has destroyed three homes and damaged some others in southern Alberta. The blaze got rolling last evening in a west Lethbridge residence and quickly spread to two neighbouring houses.