Treacher Collins Syndrome

• Quebec judge dismisses defamation suit against comedian Mike Ward regarding joke

  Judge Manon Gaudreault dismissed the suit but also rejected Ward's claim that Sylvie Gabriel's lawsuit was abusive and an excessive use of the legal system.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2022
  
• Quebec comedian Mike Ward facing new legal action for joke about disabled singer

  Ward is being sued in separate actions in Quebec Superior Court and provincial court for a total of $372,600 in connection with a joke he made between 2010 and 2013.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2022
  
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• Comedian Mike Ward heads to Supreme Court over jokes about Jérémy Gabriel

  Supreme Court justices will also have to decide whether mocking personal characteristics amounts to discrimination.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
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• Quebec singer Jérémy Gabriel exits social media following threats

  Jérémy Gabriel says there is a "limit to what a human being can bear, and this limit was crossed in recent days."

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019
• Quebec comic Mike Ward in court defending joke about Jérémy Gabriel

  Quebec's Appeal Court is hearing arguments about whether a comedian who joked of drowning a disabled boy should have to pay damages to the child and his family.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2019
• Dangerous offender Stanley Tippett who kidnapped Peterborough girl denied parole again

  The Parole Board of Canada says Stanley Tippett remains a risk to society

  Crime

  Sep 28, 2018
• Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival fundraising for comedian’s legal fees

  The internationally renowned festival will host a bilingual comedy show on Saturday to help fund Mike Ward's appeal of a Quebec Human Rights Tribunal ruling this month ordering him to pay $35,000 to Jeremy Gabriel for jokes about his singing and facial disfigurement.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2016