by Courtney Zwicker | Jul 20, 2026 | News
Photo: Ministry of Natural Resources of Ontario (posted on X). The wildfire emergency unfolding across northern Ontario is creating ripple effects in the housing market, where insurance restrictions are forcing some real estate transactions into limbo as far...
by Eric Stober | Sep 19, 2025 | News
Despite the worsening effects of climate change, the uptake in climate-resilient homes among consumers and builders has been slow, according to experts. Climate-resilient homes vary by location and the most prevalent risks there. For example, in Calgary, a...
by Mark Sakai | Feb 5, 2025 | Columnists
Wildfires are big news. Last July in Jasper, the country watched in horror as a wildfire consumed one-third of the town’s structures, forced the evacuation of 25,000 residents, and resulted in the death of one firefighter and insurance claims of $880-million. Now...
by Chris Chopik | Dec 8, 2023 | Advice for Agents
On September 24, 2022, as Hurricane Fiona barrelled toward the east coast of Canada, the full cost of damage to homes and properties up and down the Atlantic coast could not have been anticipated. In the end, the actual losses exceed the insurable losses which are...
by Jim Mandeville | Jul 29, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
As I write this article in late July 2021, British Columbia still has more than 300 wildfires burning in the province. The latest outbreak has crews trying to control a 50-square-km blaze near Ashcroft in the central Interior. The province has now declared a...
