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#1 Drought Leaves Canadian Farmers Unpaid, Reveals Holes in Safety Net
Feb 12 2025 // Canadian farmer Bill Prybylski planned to buy a new tractor with proceeds from crops sold to two grain companies in early 2024. He delivered the grain before both companies declared bankruptcy, leaving him short C$165,000...
#2 Greenwashing Complaint Filed Against Canadian Fossil Fuel Companies
Aug 21 2025 // Canadian energy giants Cenovus Energy Inc. and Enbridge Inc. are facing a greenwashing complaint by an investor group that accuses the companies of misleading disclosures over emissions targets. Investors for Paris...
#3 Canadian Wildfires Cause Unhealthy Air Quality in Midwest
Jun 4 2025 // Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” on...
#4 Northern US Mayors Call for End to ‘Irrational’ Trade War With Canada
Jun 2 2025 // Mayors in states that border Canada are calling for an end to President Donald Trump’s trade war with the country, saying it has harmed businesses and workers in their communities and upended one of the world’s...
#5 Wildfires in Alberta Pose Growing Threat to Canada’s Oil
May 30 2025 // Wildfires are threatening about 5% of Canada’s crude output as a blaze in Alberta’s oil sands region spreads and approaches major production sites. A total of 26 out-of-control fires are burning in the province...
#6 Family of Canadian CEO Killed in Helicopter Crash Files $35 Million Lawsuit
Mar 31 2025 // The family of Stephane Roy, a Canadian entrepreneur killed in a helicopter accident in 2019, has filed a C$50 million ($35 million) lawsuit against manufacturer Robinson Helicopter Co. Roy and his 15-year-old son Justin...
#7 Canada’s Insurance Czar Has ‘Harsh’ Message About Climate: You May Have to Move
Sep 24 2024 // The soaring cost and difficulty of insuring against climate risks may force people to relocate, the head of Canada’s main financial regulator warned. Rising damages from extreme weather don’t seem to be a...
#8 Four Canadian Banks Quit Climate Group as Exodus Begun by Wall Street Picks Up
Jan 20 2025 // Four of Canada’s biggest banks are leaving the industry’s top climate-finance alliance, joining Wall Street peers and extending an exodus that started in early December. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,...
#9 Alberta Wildfires Shut About 7% of Canada’s Oil Production
Jun 3 2025 // Wildfires in Canada’s energy heartland of Alberta have shut down almost 350,000 barrels of daily heavy crude production — about 7% of the country’s output — as a major blaze near the province’s...
#10 Definity’s Travelers Canada Deal Could Prompt Wave of Consolidation, CEO Says
May 29 2025 // Canadian property and casualty insurer Definity Financial’s $2.4 billion purchase of Travelers Cos.’ Canadian business could spur a wave of consolidation in Canada’s insurance sector, its CEO said. The...
#11 Climate Change Causes 379% Hike in Insured Damages in Canada Over 10 Years: Report
Oct 17 2024 // The annual average insurable losses in the last decade increased in Canada by a whopping 379%, when compared to the prior 30-year average, according to an analysis from MyChoice, a Toronto-based insurtech company. The...
#12 Definity Financial to Buy Travelers Cos.’ Canadian Operations for $2.4 Billion
May 28 2025 // Travelers Cos. said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its Canadian personal insurance business and majority of its commercial insurance operations in the country to Definity Financial in a deal valued at $2.4 billion. The...
#13 Swiss Re to Sell Entire 10.05% Stake in Canada’s Definity Financial for C$655 Million
Mar 19 2025 // Swiss Re is selling its entire 10.05% stake in Definity Financial, the Canadian property/casualty insurer, for C$655 million ($458.1 million) — a decision the reinsurer made after a review of its investment...
#14 Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets Upper Midwest
Jul 14 2025 // Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes,...
#15 Canada Says Network Devices Compromised in China-Linked Hack
Jun 23 2025 // Canada’s cybersecurity agency said Chinese-backed hackers were likely behind recent malicious activity targeting domestic telecommunications infrastructure, warning that three network devices registered to a Canadian...
#16 Extreme Canada Weather Causes Record $5.7 Billion Insured Damage
Sep 24 2024 // An onslaught of four natural disasters caused C$7.1 billion ($5.3 billion) of insured losses across Canada in just two months — more than any other summer on record. In July and August, a ballistic hailstorm tore through...
#17 Hazardous Cargo Secured From Ship Grounded on Canada’s East Coast
Mar 4 2025 // The hazardous cargo and fuel on a ship that ran aground in Canada last month has been contained, according to the company that manages the vessel. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. has also hired a salvage company and a...
#18 British Columbia Can Mount Opioid Class Action, Canada’s Top Court Says
Dec 2 2024 // The province of British Columbia can bring a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for opioid harms on behalf of multiple governments across Canada, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday. In...
#19 Canada Court Approves $23 Billion Settlement to End Big Tobacco Lawsuits
Mar 7 2025 // A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units of three Big Tobacco companies will pay C$32.5 billion ($22.67 billion), Philip Morris and British American...
#20 Insured Losses From Calgary Hailstorm Reach C$3.25B as 2nd Costliest Canada Disaster
Feb 12 2025 // The tally for Calgary’s record-breaking hailstorm last August continues to rise, with total insured losses now estimated to be C$3.25 billion (US$2.2 billion), according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, quoting...
