Civil Suit

• Mistress ‘unjustly’ bought $3.1M B.C. home with secret cash payments, lawsuit claims

  A Chinese retiree is suing over a house in Burnaby she alleges her husband's mistress bought with money the man secretly funneled to her from their joint family savings.

  Crime

  Aug 30, 2023
  
• Kelowna, B.C. strip club manager gets $90K after blinding 2019 sucker punch

  David Habib, a longtime fixture of Kelowna strip club Liquid Zoo, took one of the bar's patrons to court for a late-night incident that ended in his injury.

  Crime

  Apr 18, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• Nearly 900 patients received care at BC Women’s Hospital from ‘fake nurse’: court document

  In a court document, the B.C. Provincial Health Authority revealed Brigitte Cleroux gave care to 899 patients while employed at B.C. Women’s Hospital.

  Crime

  Feb 2, 2023
• Advertisement
• Family of toddler bitten at Greater Vancouver Zoo bear enclosure sues

  At the time, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service confirmed a two-year-old girl had been bitten on the arm. She was taken to hospital in serious condition.

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2023
• Liquor lawsuit: Thousands of bottles damaged, frozen during shipping, allege B.C. and Alberta

  Four civil claims were launched by B.C. and Alberta’s liquor boards, with general damages of $560,000 sought.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2022
• Lawsuit pulls back curtain on conversations at Kelowna City Hall

  A B.C. Supreme Court justice has decided that members of Kelowna city council involved in a civil suit over the re-designation of Lower Mission properties will be cross-examined.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2022
• Penticton senior sues city, longboarder for damages after being hit

  The Penticton walkway on which Paula Murray was hurt is a multi-use path and is shared with cyclists, skateboarders and those using motorized units, such as scooters and e-bikes.

  Crime

  Nov 21, 2022
• Province seeks to seize $15M in property allegedly tied to unlicensed DTES dispensary

  The civil suit claims Shannon and David Bauman, operating as the Real Compassion Society, acquired 11 B.C. properties worth nearly $15 million using the proceeds of crime.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2022
• Advertisement
• ‘A really caring dad’: Family of B.C. man allegedly murdered by escaped inmates files lawsuit

  'We want to make sure the system changes and no other family has to go through something like this,' says the daughters of Martin Payne who was killed in his Metchosin, B.C., home.

  Crime

  Sep 1, 2022
• Advertisement
• Allegations involving Edmonton Oilers owner and ballerina withdrawn

  Claims made in a U.S. court document regarding an alleged sexual encounter involving Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz and a ballerina have been dropped, Global News has learned.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2022