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May 31, 2024
Port Moody joins six other B.C. municipalities in ‘Sue Big Oil’ campaign to recover climate costs
The City of Port Moody, B.C., has passed a resolution in support of a proposed class action against large fossil fuel companies over the costs of preparing communities for climate change, according to a release.
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May 31, 2024
Quebec court supports limitation on Galen Weston testimony in bread price-fixing class action
In a class action lawsuit over alleged price-fixing of packaged bread, Loblaws president and executive chairman Galen Weston Jr. will not have to answer questions about an internal company investigation into the matter due to solicitor-client and litigation privilege, a Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled.
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May 31, 2024
True confessions; cheesy games | Marcel Strigberger
This is a good time to talk about churches and cheddar. Actually, this story is more about a priest biting a woman. But there is a cheese part, to which I shall get shortly.
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May 31, 2024
New associate joins Mathews Dinsdale Toronto
A recent news release from Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP announced the addition of Junggun Park as an associate in the firm’s Toronto office.
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May 30, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal reduces damages for cancer misdiagnosis that led to mastectomy
The B.C. Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal of a jury award in a case involving a cancer misdiagnosis that resulted in a patient undergoing a mastectomy — reducing the award from $400,000 to $250,000.
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May 30, 2024
New associate joins Loopstra Nixon
A recent news release from Loopstra Nixon LLP announced the addition of Andrew Tebbi as an associate in the firm’s corporate/commercial and construction litigation groups.
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May 29, 2024
Parliamentary budget officer reports federal corporate income tax revenues up 87 per cent
Federal corporate income tax revenues have grown by 87 per cent between 2019-20 and 2022-23 to reach $93.9 billion, boosted by sharp increase in collections from the manufacturing, real estate and wholesale trade sectors, according to a report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO).
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May 29, 2024
B.C. begins consultations to designate psychotherapy as regulated health profession
British Columbia is beginning consultations regarding proposed changes that would designate psychotherapists as a regulated health profession under the B.C. Health Professions Act. The province said that the move would increase patient safety and create more consistent care delivery for those accessing mental health services.
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May 29, 2024
5 judicial appointments to B.C. supreme court
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced five judicial appointments to the Supreme Court of British Columbia: Judith E. Hoffman, Lisa J. Hamilton, Shannon P. Ramsay, Edlyn Laurie and Alison M. Latimer.
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May 29, 2024
New associate joins Loopstra Nixon
A recent news release announced the addition of Katryna Vergis-Mayo as an associate at Loopstra Nixon LLP.