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Supreme Court clears way for B.C. to include other governments in opioid lawsuit
OTTAWA — Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law allowing British Columbia to pursue a class-action ...
The Canadian Press on MSN20h
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 ...
The Canadian Press on MSN16h
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 ...
Canadian Lawyer Magazine22h
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 ...
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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 Magazine22h
BC court allows lawsuit over Vancouver properties to advance despite existing Chinese court judgment
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has permitted a legal claim involving allegations of fraudulent property transfers and ...
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 ...
The Canadian Press on MSN4d
First Nation goes to court, accusing B.C. 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 ...
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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 ...
First Nation accuses B.C. of not consulting over major gold mine, files for judicial review
Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation statement says KSM Mine Project in Northwestern B.C. will use similar technology ‘as mines ...