Lawsuit

• Profit margin of heavily subsidized Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry service revealed

  Earlier this month, the province announced it was cancelling the ferry's 2021 sailing season because of uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Money

  Feb 22
• Cape Breton’s Potlotek First Nation to sue Nova Scotia over livelihood fisher

  The notice says provincial regulations infringe on Potlotek's treaty right to sell, purchase and process fish and prevents Mi'kmaq fishers from exercising their treaty right.

  Canada

  Feb 17
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• Haisla woman, partner, sue B.C. health authority claiming racism, negligence in stillbirth

  The suit, filed by Sarah Morrison and her partner Ronald Luft in B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday, alleges negligence and "deliberate racial indifference."

  Feb 12
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• Landslide lawsuit filed against City of Penticton

  The civil claim says the landslide occurred between two properties, causing damage and also reduced property values in the area.

  Feb 11
• Quebec Superior Court sides with provincial government over distance learning lawsuit

  The six plaintiffs represented by human rights lawyer Julius Grey lost their case asking for parents’ ability to decide whether to physically send their children to school or not.

  Canada

  Feb 8
• Sipekne’katik files court action against Nova Scotia to claim fishing treaty right

  The court action asks the court to declare that provincial fishing regulations are unconstitutional and contrary to Treaty Rights.

  Politics

  Feb 3
• Quebec Superior Court begins hearing final arguments in trial over at-home learning

  The legal action is asking for parents' ability to decide whether to physically send their children to school or not during the COVID-19 crisis.

  Health

  Jan 28
• Lawsuit alleges that B.C. city councillor sexually abused teenager

  Revelstoke city councillor Cody Younker has taken a leave of absence following a lawsuit that alleges he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in 2014.

  Canada

  Jan 20
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• Subway can press $210 million defamation suit against CBC for show on chicken content

  A defamation lawsuit by Subway against Canada's public broadcaster over a report on the chain's chicken sandwiches can proceed, Ontario's top court has ruled.

  Canada

  Jan 19
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• $2.5-million lawsuit launched in wake of Old East Village explosion

  The Aug. 14, 2019 crash sparked a massive explosion that completely levelled a home, damaged others and resulted in the evacuation of an entire neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Jan 14