CBC News: Unlicensed daycare operator sued in Baby Mac’s death denies allegations
The operator of an unlicensed East Vancouver daycare where a 15-month old toddler died in Jan. 2017 has denied claims of negligence.
Read Article
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.
Read Article
The Globe and Mail: Report sounds alarm on deaths of children in B.C. residential fires
More than half of youths who died in fires in British Columbia over a 10-year period were involved with the Ministry of Children, says a new report that calls for better access to smoke alarms for vulnerable families.
Read Article
CBC News: Amarpreet Sivia’s family wants wrongful death law changed
A Surrey family just back from scattering their 16-year-old daughter’s ashes in India is seeking changes to B.C.’s wrongful death legislation.
Read Article
Times Colonist: Mom fights for parents’ right to sue
Catherine Adamson says most people don’t believe her when she tells them B.C. medical personnel who commit errors leading to the wrongful death of a child are effectively out of range for legal damages.
Since her daughter died in 1997, Adamson has been fighting to change B.C.’s Family Compensation Act, which limits financial compensation for wrongful deaths to those who had dependents.
Read Article