New airline regulation on battery safety and carry-ons is challenging luggage brands to come up with smart luggage designs that go way beyond the regular road warrior duty.  Canadian travellers accustomed to judging luggage on the criteria of […]

By The Canadian Press THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY _ Roads in and around Calgary are slick, leading to more than 100 crashes _ including a 50-car pileup _ since a snowstorm went through Thursday. Emergency crews responded […]

We just renewed our car insurance. It cost us $764 for basic insurance coverage on our 2013 Honda CR-V. I can hardly wait for next year to see what we will be paying to make up for this year’s […]

Three quarters of Ontarians want option to receive documents electronically A majority of Ontario drivers are in favour of digital pink slips, according to a poll released Monday by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). The poll, […]

The latest edition of Quick Statistics has been published by ICBC. The new rounded data it contains is for the year 2016 and that year there were 330,000 collisions reported where 64,000 resulted in either injury or fatality. Over all, collision […]

Gov’t of Canada If you plan to go abroad, even on a day trip to the United States, you should purchase the best travel insurance you can afford before you leave Canada. Your travel insurance should include health, […]

An insurance company that played litigation hardball with an elderly car-accident victim has been ordered to pay $237,000 to cover the legal costs she incurred in winning a $20,000 settlement. In her decision, Ontario Superior Court Justice […]

 Save your family and friends from paying too much for insurance. In belairdirect’s latest campaign, a group stages an “insure-vention” to help a loved one who’s spending too much for his insurance. With the always witty and […]

“I’ve written before about the three Es of road safety, education, engineering and enforcement. The enforcement component was the subject of a comment to me concerning a visible police presence on our highways. The observation was that unmarked cars […]

Excerpted was written by BY BRIAN SILVESTRO Here’s a simple overview. We throw horsepower and torque figures around all the time when talking about cars. They’re a vital part of any spec sheet. But do you actually know what […]

By Linda Givetash THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ As the British Columbia government explores the impact of allowing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, a number of companies have already been operating illegally in the province. The […]

Rick August of Smart Drive Test introduces us to the roundabout or traffic circle. Cst. Tim Schewe (Ret.) runs DriveSmartBC, a community web site about traffic safety in British Columbia. For 25 years he was an officer with the Royal […]