Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. March 25th, 2024
March 25, 2024
An estimated 90,000 Canadian cars are being stolen every year, according to the federal government. And if you check the latest data from the Insurance Bureau of Canada, you’ll find that private auto insurers had paid out $1.2 billion in theft claims throughout 2022. How big is that number? Well, it’s three times bigger than the price tag from 2018. So how do insurance companies react to high-risk vehicles in high-risk areas? We pick the brain of Brian Erwin, an insurance broker at Ottawa-based McDougall Insurance. Meantime, a 75-year-old Manotick woman is shocked and frustrated at her bank’s security measures, as cybercriminals walked away with $15,000. Prior to the September 2022 heist, she had warned her bank they might strike. They allegedly failed to act, and the thieves got away with it.
Unpublished Newswire
It takes a strong woman to hold on to her opinions against prevailing winds. It takes a stronger woman to do that while holding public office for nearly three decades. And it takes an even stronger woman to do all that while actively helping mentor and raise others. Diane Deans, who died this week of ovarian cancer, was perhaps stronger than all of that combined because she did everything with good humour and that wonderful laughter. Read More
May 17, 2024 - 06:30 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
For my first day at the Whitehorse Daily Star, I wore a sweater and dress. I’d interned at dailies down south and thought I knew the attire: business casual. In the second-floor newsroom, I met my boss, editor Jim Butler. He was wearing jean shorts, tall, thick socks, and hiking boots. That was my first indication that working at a small, Northern paper would be a unique experience.
I started at the Star in June 2014, back when it published five times a week. I’d moved up to Whitehorse from Hamilton, Ontario, for the job, one of a long line of reporters—many of them young and...
May 17, 2024 - 06:30 | Rhiannon Russell | Walrus
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May 17, 2024 - 06:16 | Heather Wright | CTV News - Canada
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