Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:49PM EST TORONTO - A proposed class action against a prominent nursing-home company now covers all its facilities, including those hit hardest by COVID-19, and seeks more than $200 million in damages, according to a fresh statement of claim. The unproven claim alleges Extendicare failed to respond properly to the pandemic and was negligent in the care of residents. “The plaintiffs plead that the defendants behaved in a reprehensible and unconscionable manner by failing to implement an adequate COVID-19 response plan,” the suit alleges. “The defendants had a history of failing to implement properly, or at all, an adequate infection-control program.”
Why ‘the largest protests in human history’ are inspiring cheers of ‘Zindabad!’ here. A Tyee explainer.
David P. Ball is a journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. SHARES Protesters in support of India’s farmers in Vancouver on Dec. 5.
Photo by Manveer Singh Sihota via Twitter.
“Zindabad!” The celebratory rallying cry is being sounded by hundreds of millions of farmers protesting in the streets of Delhi and it rings out from growing car parades and rallies in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland over recent weeks. More are planned.
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iPolitics AM: Trudeau resumes COVID-19 briefings By Kady O Malley. Published on Dec 15, 2020 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds in press conference in West Block in July. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads back to the precinct to deliver an on-camera update on what may be the most ambitious mass immunization plan in Canadian history. (11:30 AM)
According to the advisory, he’ll be joined by Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and her second-in-command,
Howard Njoo, as well as
Public Services Minister Anita Anand and
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who has been temporarily seconded from his military duties to “oversee logistical planning” at the