Snowbank recommendations include putting helmets on students

An insurance company is catching flak for issuing a set of strict recommendations around how high and how steep snowbanks in schoolyards should be. Critics say enforcing the rules would require extra work on the part of school staff and may cause some schools to eliminate the mounds for fear of legal action or lack of insurance coverage. The Union réciproque d’assurance scolaire du Québec (URASQ), which insures most of Quebec’s school boards and service centres, issued