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Topic: QuebecView all posts for the topic: Quebec

COVID-19 en CHSLD : la Cour supérieure autorise une action collective

Published January 23, 2024

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Published by: Radio-Canada
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By Daniel Boily, Davide Gentile

Following numerous representations, a group represented by lawyer Patrick Martin-Ménard has obtained authorization to proceed with a class action against the Government of Quebec on behalf of residents of long-term care facilities (CHSLDs) that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks during the first two waves of the pandemic, and on behalf of the families of those who died.

The main complainant in this application originally filed in April 2020, Jean-Pierre Daubois, had lost her 94-year-old mother, a resident of the Sainte-Dorothée CHSLD in Laval. During this first wave, nearly half of the residents infected with COVID-19 in this facility had died.

According to the judgment consulted by Radio-Canada, nearly 120 public CHSLDs will be included in the class action.

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Topic: OntarioView all posts for the topic: Ontario

Arguments begin in proposed class action against 304 long-term care homes

Published January 15, 2024

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Published by: The Trillium
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By Jack Hauen

Lawyers representing long-term care residents who suffered or died during the COVID-19 pandemic argued a class-action suit against hundreds of homes is the best way for those patients — and their loved ones — to get justice.

On Monday, plaintiff lawyers laid out their case before a Superior Court judge who will decide whether or not the proposed class action can go ahead. The suit, which is actually eight proceedings combined, names 304 independent and municipal homes, capturing almost half of the long-term care facilities in Ontario.

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Topic: anti-vaccine movementView all posts for the topic: anti-vaccine movement

Man charged for antisemitic threats against Ottawa family doctor

Published December 18, 2023

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Published by: CTV News
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By William Eltherington

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth says she was subject to a threatening and antisemitic phone call against her which has led to a 39-year-old man from British Columbia being charged with hate-motivated offences on Monday.

In a press release on Monday morning, the Ottawa Police Service Hate and Crime Bias Unit say they charged a man with several offences for a phone call against a healthcare professional which also included mysoginistic and intimidating threats, but did not name the victim.

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Topic: convoy occupationView all posts for the topic: convoy occupation

Did the protesters mean harm? That’s at the heart of bid to toss convoy class-action

Published December 15, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Elyse Skura

A $300-million proposed class-action lawsuit filed against convoy protesters, donors and organizers on behalf of people who live or work in Ottawa is facing another challenge, with lawyers arguing the case seeks to unfairly limit fundamental freedoms.

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Topic: anti-vaxxersView all posts for the topic: anti-vaxxers

Randy Hillier’s Charter case against charges from COVID-19 lockdown protests in Cornwall, Kemptville dismissed

Published December 6, 2023

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Published by: Ottawa Citizen
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By Hugo Rodrigues

A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed former MPP Randy Hillier’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge against Reopening Ontario Act charges laid against him in the spring of 2021.

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Topic: YukonView all posts for the topic: Yukon

COVID-19 : la justice rejette la contestation de la loi sur les mesures d’urgence au Yukon

Published November 17, 2023

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A Yukon judge rejected legal challenges to the Territorial Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA) that was used to implement and enforce health rules during the…

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Topic: YukonView all posts for the topic: Yukon

Yukon court dismisses challenge of law used to enact COVID-19 rules

Published November 17, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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A Yukon judge has dismissed a legal challenge of the territory’s Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA), the legislation used to create and enforce public health rules and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seven plaintiffs sued the territorial government in 2020, arguing that CEMA was unconstitutional and gave politicians too much power without sufficient oversight. They wanted the legislation struck down.

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Topic: New BrunswickView all posts for the topic: New Brunswick

COVID-19 : le gouvernement Higgs poursuivi pour son manque de communication en français

Published November 2, 2023

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A citizen who believes that his language rights were violated during the COVID-19 media availability takes legal action against the Province of New Brunswick, the…

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Topic: FloridaView all posts for the topic: Florida

Florida settles lawsuit over COVID data, agrees to provide weekly stats to the public

Published October 9, 2023

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Published by: The Associated Press
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Florida will have to provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop posting information on the virus’ spread online.

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Topic: QuebecView all posts for the topic: Quebec

Début des audiences pour une demande d’autorisation d’action collective

Published September 18, 2023

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A Superior Court of Quebec judge has begun to hear the application for authorization of a class action on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes (LTCH) who have experienced COVID-19 outbreaks during the first two waves of the pandemic.

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Class-action lawsuit application for COVID-19 response in long-term care homes begins in Quebec

Published September 18, 2023

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A Quebec Superior Court judge is being asked to authorize a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks during the pandemic’s first two waves.

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Topic: British ColumbiaView all posts for the topic: British Columbia

B.C. woman sentenced to 18 months probation for coughing at grocery employee during pandemic

Published July 26, 2023

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By Todd Coyne

A British Columbia judge has sentenced a Vancouver Island woman to 18 months of probation for deliberately coughing in the face of a grocery store employee and shoving her shopping cart into another worker during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Topic: universal maskingView all posts for the topic: universal masking

Calgary doctor to challenge AHS mask policy change in court

Published June 16, 2023

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Published by: Global News
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By Adam Toy

You can’t be putting the responsibility for basic measures to protect people with disabilities and chronic disease… on them when a very minor, reasonable, easy-to-do accommodation can be just kept in place.

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Topic: OntarioView all posts for the topic: Ontario

‘Gross negligence’: Judge gives go-ahead to COVID-deaths lawsuit against Ontario

Published January 9, 2023

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Published by: National Post
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By Tom Blackwell

Governments saw broad immunity against COVID civil suits, but the class-action suit for deaths in nursing homes could have an impact throughout the country.

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