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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.…