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Continued help by insurers in Fort McMurray Alberta
February 15, 2019 by Steve Kee
Insurance Bureau of Canada attempted to respond to a recent piece on the Fort McMurray Alberta rebuild following the fire in 2016. The magazine has not printed the response. The following is IBC’s position. The recent article by Nicholas Köhler…
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Building more resilient new homes
February 25, 2015 by Glenn McGillivray
The National Building Code and the building codes of each province and territory in Canada are some of the best in the world, as are local building inspection practices. And Canadian homebuilders most certainly construct some of the best homes in the world.

But there is always room for improvement, and as severe weather gets fiercer and more pervasive, this need will only become more acute.
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