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A class-action lawsuit attempting to hold the federal government responsible for sexual abuse suffered by children at the hands of a military priest at an Edmonton army base has been certified in the Alberta courts. The case alleges that the federal government allowed a Canadian Armed Forces chaplain, Capt. Angus McRae, to sexually abuse children […]

Neighbours of Lafarge Canada’s Exshaw cement plant have launched a legal class action, contending the facility bombards them with carcinogenic dust and noise. The plaintiffs from in and around the hamlets of Exshaw and Lac des Arcs claim the plant east of Canmore that operates round-the-clock has been a source of annoyance for local residents […]

Neighbors of Lafarge Canada’s Exshaw cement plant have launched a class action lawsuit, claiming the facility bombards them with carcinogenic dust and noise. The plaintiffs in and around the hamlets of Exshaw and Lac des Arcs claim that the factory east of Canmore which operates 24 hours a day has been a nuisance to local […]

A class-action lawsuit against Lafarge Canada and its cement plant in Exshaw for allegedly creating environmental hazards has been launched by an Alberta resident. Napoli Shkolnik Canada, a class-action litigator based in Calgary and Hamilton, filed the suit on Dec. 6 at the Calgary Court of King’s Bench on behalf of Sandra Furlonger. The 10-page […]

Indigenous civil servants are seeking Federal Court certification for a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging systemic racism and chronic toxicity at the Canadian government’s on-reserve oil and gas agency. The plaintiffs filed a batch of affidavits last month, detailing allegations of pervasive bullying, discrimination, harassment and intimidation at Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC), located in Tsuut’ina Nation […]