Agassiz-Harisson Observer: Family seeks answers in wake of power line accident
The Harrison Mills woman who was badly burned by electricity last weekend is in stable condition in hospital, according to a family member.
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National Post: B.C.’s public auto insurer blames ‘careless’ cyclist for his own death in crash with alleged drunk driver
Grief that has turned to disbelief when the Insurance Corporation of B.C. filed court documents claiming Ross Chafe was to blame for his own death.
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National Post: Inside Canada’s secret world of medical error: ‘There is a lot of lying, there’s a lot of cover-up’
Most instances of the Canadian health-care system hurting rather than healing patients are not even reported by staff internally, a Post investigation has found.
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Vancouver Sun: Case of fatal hang-gliding mishap shows insufficiency of civil wrongful-death law
The family of a 28-year-old Mexican woman killed while tandem hang-gliding is suing the instructor who was given five months in jail for causing her death, as well as the sport’s governing associations.
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Vancouver 24 Hours: Wrongful death law questioned after Pickton fund
Lawyers are calling on B.C. to reform its wrongful death laws in the wake of a new $50,000 fund established for each child of missing and murdered women, including Robert Pickton’s victims.
While several family members decried the Tuesday announcement as “pennies,” undervaluing their lost loved ones, the figure is the maximum available under the current Family Compensation Act.
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