Class Action

• Fortnite ‘as addictive as possible’ to kids, B.C. parent claims in proposed class-action

  In the lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday, the plaintiff says her son downloaded Fortnite in 2018 and "developed an adverse dependence on the game."

  Lifestyle

  Mar 20
  
• B.C. court certifies class action suit by women secretly recorded in grocery store bathroom

  Matthew Schwabe was sentenced to 15 months in jail for secretly recording women in the bathroom and change room of Red Barn Market and publishing them on a pornography website.

  Crime

  Mar 14
  
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• Lawsuit claims B.C. hospital accepted doctored personal cheque as ID when hiring ‘fake nurse’

  Brigitte Cleroux, who does not have a nursing degree, worked at B.C. Women's Hospital between June 1, 2020 and June 23, 2021 when she was fired over her false credentials.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2022
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• Montreal to pay $3 million to protestors whose rights were violated by city police

  The settlement will end eight long-running class action lawsuits against the city that allege participants in six protests were illegally arrested or detained by police.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2022
• Okanagan Sixties Scoop survivor concerned about compensation delays

  Thousands of people who were removed from their Indigenous families as children are eligible for compensation as part of a Sixties Scoop class-action lawsuit.

  Canada

  May 13, 2022
• B.C. court certifies former flight attendant’s class action against WestJet

  The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled a former flight attendant's "hard-fought" class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination and harassment against WestJet can proceed.

  Apr 20, 2022
• Indigenous mother proposes class-action lawsuit on birth alerts in Manitoba

  An Indigenous woman whose newborn was taken by police and social workers shown in a video on social media has proposed a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government.

  Investigations

  Mar 17, 2022
• Hundreds sign on to take part in pending class-action lawsuit against Halifax dentist

  A notice of action statement filed in 2020 includes allegations that Dr. Errol Gaum restrained patients, verbally threatened them and even physically assaulted some of them.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2022
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• B.C. lawsuit asks for removal of sex workers’ criminal records

  The suit wants the court to order criminal records related to sex work removed from police information systems nine years after Canada's highest court threw out the laws.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2022
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• Military sexual misconduct class action members’ details accidentally released

  Epiq Class Action Services Canada confirmed the privacy breach Wednesday, after a veteran said she had received an email containing letters intended for more than 40 other people.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2022