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Montreal-Barrhaven storm declared a Cat

The storm that hit Montreal on Thursday, downing trees and power lines and causing localized flooding, has been declared a catastrophe, Laura Twidle, president and CEO of Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) told Canadian Underwriter.  A ‘catastrophe’ is an…

Meet WTW’s new corporate risk and broking leader for Montréal

Simon Castonguay has been named WTW’s corporate risk and broking market leader for Montréal, the brokerage announced Tuesday. He will be responsible for overall business strategy and client service in the region. Also, he will be a member of the…

Dozens of businesses damaged after Montreal anti racism rally

MONTREAL – Eleven people were arrested after tensions flared between protesters and police on Sunday night following a Montreal demonstration demanding justice for a black man who died following a police intervention in Minnesota. Demonstrators had gathered to denounce racism…

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Home insurers in Quebec may be on the hook for major fire losses on their property policies in the aftermath of an earthquake

School bus collision near Montreal sends 25 kids to hospital

MONTREAL – There were no serious injuries after two school buses collided and caught fire Tuesday on a highway north of Montreal. About 25 of the roughly 50 children aboard the two buses were taken to hospital by paramedics as…

Quebec reaches deal to compensate motorists trapped on highway after 2017 storm

MONTREAL – The Quebec government has agreed to compensate motorists who were trapped for hours on a major Montreal highway in March 2017 following a massive snowstorm. Lawyers representing plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit said today they reached an…

Cars submerged in flooded Montreal tunnel

MONTREAL – A broken water pipe has flooded a tunnel on a major Montreal artery, submerging three cars. The west-end Atwater tunnel connecting downtown and neighbourhoods to the southwest flooded Tuesday morning after utility workers accidentally punctured the pipe. It…

Violent storms leave thousands without power in Quebec

MONTREAL – More than 15,000 homes and businesses in Quebec were still without power and air conditioning this afternoon following violent storms. As of 2 p.m., 15,234 Hydro-Quebec customers were blacked out, mainly due to fallen trees and branches on…

Montreal borough votes to restrict Airbnb-style rentals in downtown core

MONTREAL – A Montreal borough is bringing in new rules aimed at limiting the number of short-term rentals in the city’s downtown core. Councillors in the Ville-Marie borough voted in support of a new motion on Tuesday evening to restrict…

Bodily injury lawsuit against City of Montreal not barred by six-month prescriptive period

The family of a Montreal woman murdered in 2010 is not barred, by the six-month prescriptive period in Quebec’s Cities and Towns Act, from suing the city, the Supreme Court of Canada suggested in a ruling released Friday. In the…

Authorities confirm tornado hit Quebec town as cleanup operations continue

MONTREAL – Environment Canada says a tornado touched down in a Quebec town during intense thunderstorms that caused considerable damage in different parts of the province, including the felling of century-old trees in Montreal. Meteorologist Amelie Bertrand said Wednesday a team dispatched to Lachute confirmed an EF-1 tornado with winds reaching about 175 km/h struck in the town about 85 kilometres north of Montreal.

Bertrand said an EF-1 tornado can cause wind gusts ranging from about 135 to 175 km/h, placing Tuesday’s tornado at the higher end of…

Cleanup underway after severe storm with heavy winds rips through Montreal area

MONTREAL – Crews began cleaning up in Quebec on Wednesday after a suspected tornado hit one town and severe thunderstorms ripped through other parts of the province, felling century-old trees in one Montreal neighbourhood. The Montreal area and the Laurentian…