British Columbia

Hamyaari Media: Gathering of families affected by BC’s “death due to negligence” law

As seen in Hamyaari Media by Massoud Sakhaipour, 16th May 2022. Original article English translation On Saturday, May 7, 2022, on the occasion of Mother’s Day, a rally was held at 1:00 PM in McBride Park in Vancouver with the presence of a number of families affected by the “Death due to negligence” law in […]

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Global News: Grieving B.C. parents’ baby was ready to go home from morgue for 8 weeks. But no one told them

Emilie Negahban’s son Nathaniel was alive for only eight hours before he died in his mother’s arms this past February.

But the first-time mother and her husband have been re-traumatized after learning their son’s body has been ready to be brought back home for eight weeks — and no one told them.

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UBCM Passes Motion to Recommend to the Province to Modernize its Wrongful Death Laws

The Union of BC Municipalities has passed a motion to recommend to the province that our wrongful death laws be modernized so as to provide a foundation of “worth” under the law for everyone in the province of BC.

A foundation of “worth” or “value” of human life would allow for access to justice, accountability to wrongdoers, and for us to prevent future wrongful deaths in the first place through financial deterrence.

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