Children

Global News: What’s a life worth? Death of B.C. toddler in horrific crash raises questions about compensation

Under new ICBC rules, each parent is entitled to $14,918 for the death of a child. Rules also state they will not be able to sue for more compensation.

“Heartbreaking,” Michael said. “It hurts that somebody can define her as having a number and that number ends up being roughly six times less than the value they would put in for a car.”

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The Province: ATVs, shotguns, parties and fatalities: Lawlessness abounds at Stave Lake mudflats near Mission

The first time Angela Ramos travelled Burma Road, she was shocked to see all the crosses.

Ramos had never heard of the gravel road, or the mudflats to which it leads, until the rainy night in March when her daughter was a passenger in a Nissan Sentra that veered off the roadway and fell five metres down an embankment.

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2024 Election – David Eby & the BC NDP have failed to keep their promise to modernize BC’s wrongful death laws within their 2020-2024 mandate of government.

John Rustad and the Conservative Party of BC have committed to modernize if elected.

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