Highlights from the news file for Thursday, July 7
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FORT MAC WILDFIRES MOSTLY COSTLY DISASTER IN CANADIAN HISTORY, INSURANCE BUREAU: The wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta have surpassed the 1998 ice storm in Quebec as the biggest insurance disaster in Canadian history. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says damage totalled 3.58 billion dollars. The bureau says its estimate was the first based on data collected by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification — a company that compiles insured loss amounts based on surveys with insurers.
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TRUDEAU HEADS TO POLAND FOR FIRST NATO LEADERS SUMMIT: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to turn Canada back into …read more
Source: National Newswatch
