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A homeowner’s guide to insurance after a hailstorm

Manitoba recently lived through the largest hail event in the province’s history. On June 9, 2026, a storm tore through Winnipeg and generated more than 30,000 insurance claims, breaking a record that had stood since 1996. A second major hailstorm hit southwestern Manitoba weeks later, with hail the size of tennis balls and wind gusts […]

Overland Flood Insurance: What Homeowners Actually Need to Know

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If you own a home in Manitoba, you have almost certainly heard the phrase “overland flooding” more in the last two months than in the last two decades combined. After the storms that hit southern Manitoba in June 2026, families in Stony Mountain, Grosse Isle, and dozens of other communities opened their basement doors to

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