Last May’s windstorms set record high in wind speeds and caused the province more than $380 million in damages. With climatologists predicting more extreme weather events, you need to know...
Ways to Keep Your Home Safe During a Windstorm
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Are VR Goggles the Future of Roadside Tests?
We could soon live in a world where VR goggles are a standard piece of equipment for police officers making roadside stops. But the googles aren’t for them, they’re for testing possibly...
Now is the Perfect Time to check your Smoke Alarms
As we move into spring, homeowners across Ontario are emerging from hibernation and ready to accomplish their springtime tasks. It’s time to fill up the pool, find out what has been...
What to do When You’re Locked Out of Your Car?
Is there anything that will leave a pit in your stomach like realizing you left your keys in the car just after you shut the door? The mixture of embarrassment and panic as you suddenly...
How to Stay Warm When the Power Goes Out
It’s been a cold and blustery winter, and we may have to wait even longer for warmer weather to arrive. It’s been a season of high winds, record snowfall, and plunging temperatures, it was...
If you have Children Watching YouTube Kids, you Need to Start Paying Attention
Do you know what your children are watching on YouTube Kids? Don’t just answer "cartoons” or "Peppa Pig,” what are they really watching? Have you stopped to look at the titles of the...
Home Heating Hazards
When the mercury dips like it did near the end of January, people will do almost anything to warm up. This is especially true when your normal heating solutions won’t do the trick. Whether...
Social Media Safety: Don’t Share More Than you Mean to
Social media is a fantastic way to stay connected to the people in your life. It lets you trade jokes with your friends while waiting in line at the grocery store, talk to a sympathetic...
What is Personal Cyber Insurance?
With a seemingly never-ending wave of high-profile attacks rocking the tech world for the past two years, none of us can afford to be complacent about cyber crime anymore. But, while many...
Keep Your Pets Safe This Winter
With the winter months upon us, it’s important we take extra care to protect the most vulnerable members of our families – our pets. While your puppy or kitten may have a natural fur coat...
Celebrate your New Year’s Eve Safely
New Year’s Eve can be a lot of fun. A great time to get together with friends or family, blow off steam from a busy holiday season, and set an optimistic tone for the year to come. That is...
The Fortnite mobile craze is a Hacker’s Delight
Do you enjoy video games or have someone in your household who does? If so, it’s more than likely you’ve heard of Fortnite. It’s unavoidable in the gaming scene. Fortnite is currently one...
Don’t be hit with this 2 Factor Scam this Holiday Season
By now, most of us are familiar with 2-factor authentication. It’s a simple, but important, security precaution for your most sensitive online accounts such as your email and personal...
Lighting up your Home Safely this Holiday Season
Whether you just plan on hanging a string of classic white lights over the eaves or have full-on Griswold style ambitions on your mind of transforming your home into a winter wonderland,...
Do you Know how to Drive Through a Roundabout?
Waterloo Region road planners have fallen in love with roundabouts! In recent years, roundabouts have gone from being a curiosity you might encounter in some quaint, sleepy neighbourhood...
How to Properly Store your Lawn Mower for the Winter
The chilly months of fall might bring the "joys” of raking and cleaning leaves out of the gutter, but there is one upside -- you can finally put the lawn mower away for the season! You...
Picking the Right Halloween Costume for your Child
It’s the spookiest time of the year! If you have kids, chances are they’re already getting excited not just for candy and spooky movies, but for the chance to dress up and strut their...
What you Should Know about Legalized Cannabis in Ontario
As of October 17, 2018, the possession and use of Cannabis has been legalized in Canada. But legalization hasn’t come without a few strings. Similar to alcohol and prescription medicines,...
How to Void Your Home Insurance and Get Hit with Nasty Surprises
Home insurance is your first line of defense against disaster. It’s a fundamental part of home ownership, and while it may not be mandatory, almost every homeowner recognizes the value of...
Protecting Your Home During a Thunderstorm
When we think about protecting our homes from the elements, we tend to focus on the most extreme events -- hurricanes, blizzards, golf ball sized hail stones crashing into your roof, that...