A new class-action lawsuit on behalf of patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre is seeking $500 million in damages for alleged “historic negligence” at the Campbellton psychiatric facility dating back to the 1950s. A report by provincial ombud Charles Murray says there has been ‘significant mistreatment’ of patients at Restigouche Hospital Centre. Darrell Tidd worries about the care his …
Centre in Cherokee County is suing scores of carpet and textile companies, as well as chemical manufacturers, that it says are responsible for polluting the city’s water. The suit, filed today in Cherokee County Circuit Court, says the companies put harmful chemical compounds into the raw water supply upstream of Centre Water’s intake site “in or near the City of Dalton, Ga.” The lawsuit is …
Next week looms large in the troubled history of 12 provincial residential facilities, including locations in Oro-Medonte Township and Muskoka. Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba will decide Monday whether to approve a $36-million settlement reached last fall between the province and the Toronto-based legal firm acting on behalf of former residents at a dozen facilities like the…