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Powerful wind storm knocks out power in parts of the Maritimes
December 10, 2019 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – More than 50,000 homes and businesses were temporarily without electricity across the Maritimes on Tuesday morning as a powerful rain storm downed power lines, damaged buildings and forced the closure of some schools and businesses. The storm moved…
Maritimes hit with another blast of early winter weather
November 12, 2019 The Canadian PressFREDERICTON – The Maritimes are getting another blast of early wintry weather with a mix of snow, freezing rain and rain. Much of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island awoke to snow and slippery roads, while Nova Scotia is seeing…
Maritimes hit by strong fall storm
October 17, 2019 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Maritimers are facing strong gusts and localized downpours today as a slow-moving low pressure system crawls through the region. Ian Hubbard, a meteorologist at Environment Canada, says it’s expected that there will be sustained winds of about 60…
Flash flooding risk in Maritimes as Storm Erin arrives
August 29, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSHALIFAX – Heavy rain was reported Thursday in parts of the Maritimes as Erin, now a post-tropical weather system, advanced toward the region. Environment Canada issued rainfall warnings for southeastern New Brunswick, parts of western and northern Nova Scotia and…
This area could get half a metre of snow
January 18, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSFREDERICTON – An intense winter storm is forecast to descend on the Maritimes on Sunday, and the New Brunswick government is warning residents to prepare for power outages. Environment Canada says a low-pressure system approaching from the southwest will track…
Wawanesa names Chris Henn as president of U.S. operations
August 24, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterWawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, one of the largest property and casualty insurers in Canada with a growing presence in the United States, announced on Thursday that Chris Henn has been appointed president of its U.S. operations effective Aug. 31. Prior…
May storms in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes caused hundreds of millions in damage and damaged more than 5,200 homes: Aon Benfield
June 8, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterSeveral low pressure systems that brought heavy rainfall to portions of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes last month caused “hundreds of millions” in U.S. dollars and damaged more than 5,200 homes, according to Impact Forecasting’s latest Global Catastrophe Recap for…
Too early to confirm costs from flooding in B.C., Ontario, Quebec and Maritimes: Aon
May 11, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPersistent recent heavy rainfall falling across several Canadian provinces has led to increasingly rising rivers, streams and lakes this week, as communities “raced to protect from water inundation,” Impact Forecasting said on Thursday in an Aon cat alert. Financial losses…
Heavy rain likely to cause new or more flooding in Quebec and Ontario
May 5, 2017 Michelle McQuigge - THE CANADIAN PRESSPersistent, steady rains soaking swaths of central and eastern Canada that have already endured record precipitation levels threatened to trigger widespread flooding Friday and put residents and governments on high alert. Environment Canada said a massive system is slowly drenching…
Spring remains elusive in Atlantic Canada as gusty storm sweeps through
March 23, 2017 The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Spring remained elusive in parts of the Maritimes on Thursday after a storm swept through the region, knocking out power and closing schools. The Canso causeway to Cape Breton was closed in the morning as a winter storm…
Canadian auto sales to edge down in 2017: Scotiabank
February 7, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCanadian auto sales are expected to edge down to 1.94 million units in 2017, coming off four consecutive record years, according to the Scotiabank Global Auto Report, released on Tuesday. Despite the beginning of a sales recovery in the resource-rich…
Storm knocks out power, closes schools in parts of Atlantic Canada
January 26, 2017 The Canadian PressFREDERICTON – More than 80,000 customers were still without power in many parts of New Brunswick early Thursday after a blustery mix of freezing rain, ice pellets and strong winds moved through the Maritimes. NB Power said at the height…