Special Feature
Legal, Insurance and Professional Services
Below are articles from the latest Legal, Insurance and Professional Services Special Feature Newsletter, published October 25, 2019 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Legal, Insurance and Professional Services

Employment agreements a ‘great foundation’ for firms and workers: Expert
Owners of construction companies, big and small, should protect themselves by ha...
Labour

Citing climate change, carriers clamour to comment on code changes
Claiming that climate change losses are hitting their bottom line, insurance com...
Economic

Court ruling resets the playing field for bonding companies
A landmark court decision supporting a construction bonding company’s claims in...
Government

Dispute resolution board use on the rise in Canada
With the movement to very large infrastructure projects, especially public-priva...
Government , Infrastructure
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‘We are sitting on a goldmine of renewable energy’: SFU policy expert
The future of reaching B.C.’s looming energy needs could be sitting underneath o...
Resource

Canadian construction companies rate digital maturity as ‘under-developed’ in new survey
When asked in a survey to evaluate their digital transformation efforts, 64 per...
Associations , Economic

EllisDon marks 70th anniversary
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — EllisDon celebrates its 70th anniversary today, April 1. Se...
Economic

EDC economist revises 2021 forecasts, expects dramatic jumps in U.S. and Canadian growth
The chief economist for Export Development Canada (EDC) has revised his economic...
Associations , Economic

Historic 108-year-old mining structure saved near Nanaimo
NANAIMO, B.C. — The restoration of a more than 100-year-old coal mining structur...
Projects

Construction sector included in new WorkSafeBC hearing test submission system
Constant exposure to noise generated by ongoing activity and heavy equipment tha...
OH&S

Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
VANCOUVER — Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to nego...
Government , Resource , US News

Canadian designers, developers have ‘a lot to learn’ from Asian cities, says panellist
The Canadian design and development world can see the future if it looks to Asia...