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Article content The hidden epidemic of male suicide is growing worse, intersecting with escalating deaths from opioid overdoses. “There’s a silent crisis in men’s health that’s killing men in staggering numbers,” said Prof. John Ogrodniczuk, director of the psychotherapy program in the psychiatry department at UBC. “It’s not cancer, it’s not heart disease, it’s not liver disease — it’s suicide. When you look at the numbers, it’s like �...

Article content B.C. Attorney-General David Eby has written to the plaintiffs in a $900-million ICBC class-action case advising that the province is proposing to introduce legislation that he says would have an impact on the lawsuit. The recently delivered letter was discussed on Monday during an adjournment application filed by the B.C. government and ICBC on the first day of an expected certification hearing in the class-action suit in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. We apologize, but this v...

Lawyer behind $900M ICBC lawsuit accuses province of effort to interfere with court process A lawyer behind a $900-million class-action lawsuit against ICBC and the B.C. government is accusing the province of interfering with the courts by using legislation to end what could be a costly legal matter. Social Sharing

Methot, the plaintiff for the accident victim class, was left a quadriplegic after being injured in a motor vehicle accident on June 9, 2014, near Kamloops. He was a passenger in a vehicle that crossed the centre line and struck an oncoming vehicle. Methot, who was 24 years old at the time of the collision that left him unable to work and in need of care, became eligible to receive accident benefits, and did receive benefits, as a result of the accident. But in April 2015, ICBC advised him t...

Article content ICBC has apologized to one of the representative plaintiffs involved in a $900 million class action lawsuit filed against the auto insurer. In March 2020, a lawsuit filed by representative plaintiffs Brayden Methot and Robert Rorison alleged that the B.C. government had engaged in an illegal scheme to divert hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars, resulting in losses to benefits for accident victims and driving up insurance rates for B.C. drivers. We apologize, but this video has faile...

Methot, the plaintiff for the accident victim class, was left a quadriplegic after being injured in a motor vehicle accident on June 9, 2014, near Kamloops. He was a passenger in a vehicle that crossed the centre line and struck an oncoming vehicle. Methot, who was 24 years old at the time of the collision that left him unable to work and in need of care, became eligible to receive accident benefits, and did receive benefits, as a result of the accident. But in April 2015, ICBC advised him t...

Furstenau is pushing the idea, with the support of the BC Psychological Association, on the eve of an April 20 provincial budget in which the governing BC NDP has indicated more help for mental health is coming. “Just like any other ailment that we might experience with our health, if we are in need of mental health support from a professional we should be able to access that in the same way that we access health care for any other part of our body,” said Furstenau. “Over 13 months into a...

What he and all the others fail to recognize is that our cites are based upon foundations that are completely opposite to those in Europe, and are held up as shining examples of bicycle accommodation. European cities grew out of the Middle Ages with their forms, roads, movement patterns and social structures shaped by a world before the automobile. The die was cast long before the start of the 20th century. The car was always the outsider, unsuited to the road networks and successfully rival...

Premium Content Subscriber only The Fraser Coasts population rate is expected to grow at a faster rate than Bundabergs a new report reveals. Compiled by the State Governments statisticians office, the Queensland Regional Profiles report details projected population figures and reveals that unlike the 2016-21 model, which had Bundabergs growth ahead, the Fraser Coast is expected to take the lead going forward. Fraser Coast councillor David Lee believes this only adds weight to the argument Bu...

SHARE: When a person is charged with a crime in New York, he or she typically has an opportunity to go before a judge within 24 hours of being arrested to hear the charges, confer with a lawyer and answer to those charges. Arraignments can be quick hearings, often over in minutes, at which the judge either will or won’t set bail, and the accused person learns whether or not they can be released immediately. Most significantly, it’s the first opportunity a defendant has to come face to face ...