The Canadian Press on MSN23h
Supreme Court clears way for B.C. to include other governments in opioid lawsuit
Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law allowing British Columbia to pursue a class-action lawsuit ...
The Canadian Press on MSN1d
Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of B.C. law on opioid health costs recovery
Section 11 of B.C.’s Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act allows the province to bring an action against opioid ...
Canadian Lawyer Magazine1d
BC Supreme Court awards damages to worker injured by defective bear banger
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has awarded damages to a worker injured by a defective bear banger, finding the ...
The Canadian Press on MSN22h
B.C. can pursue class-action suit on opioid providers, top court rules
The Supreme Court of Canada decision today is another step toward a potential cross-country action by governments that paid ...
B.C. can sue opioid providers for health-care costs on behalf of other governments, Canada's top court rules
Canada's top court has ruled that British Columbia can bring forward a class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical ...
Canadian Lawyer Magazine1d
BC law that lets province file opioids class action with other governments constitutional, SCC rules
The ruling allows a 2018 class action to proceed against pharmaceutical companies ...
Abbotsford heading back to court over homeless camp outside city hall
The B.C. Supreme Court upheld an Abbotsford bylaw allowing the city to remove the encampment but ruled housing options must ...
B.C. can sue opioid providers for health-care costs on behalf of other governments: Supreme Court
Canada's top court has ruled that British Columbia can bring forward a class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical providers for harms caused by opioids on behalf of other provinces, territories and ...
Kelowna4d
First Nation goes to court, accusing BC of not consulting over major gold mine
A First Nation says it wasn't meaningfully consulted before the British Columbia government "effectively greenlit" what has ...
Mining5d
BC First Nation seeks court over Seabridge’s KSM project
The Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation wants the province to declare that it failed to fulfill its duty to consult with them.
Judge who helped legalise assisted dying in Canada is mother of ‘right to die campaigner’
Judge Lynn Smith’s daughter worked for advocacy group that filed lawsuit leading to the practice becoming legal in 2016 ...