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TORONTO 鈥?The Insurance Bureau of Canada says last year set a record for insurable damage 鈥?estimated at more than $4.9 billion.The industry group says that $1.7 billion higher than the previous full-year record set in 2013, when insurable dam
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Premier Doug Ford Conservative government has granted strong-mayor powers to 46 municipalities since 2022, when the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa were first handed expanded pow
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