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How your advice can help flood-proof future real estate development
August 26, 2020 by Adam MalikThere’s not enough collaboration between stakeholders in Canada’s real estate sector and risk professionals with information about natural hazards, and real estate investments could drown as a result, an expert warned. If real estate is constantly being exposed to damage…
Supreme Court of Canada will not hear appeal from municipality ruled negligent after cyclist breaks neck
February 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCanada’s highest court announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal from a municipality that was sued, under Ontario’s Occupiers Liability Act, by a cyclist who broke his neck after attempting to ride over an obstacle at an adventure park.…
Court finds Ontario municipality breached duty of care under Occupiers’ Liability Act in operation of mountain bike park
May 19, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAn Ontario municipality is liable, under the province’s Occupiers’ Liability Act, for injuries that rendered a cyclist a quadriplegic after he fell while riding over a teeter-totter-type obstacle at a mountain bike park, the provincial appeal court has ruled. In…