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Student Files Class-Action Lawsuit Over B.C. Foreign Homebuyer Tax

A university student has launched a class action lawsuit after B.C. slapped a 15 per cent property transfer tax on foreign homebuyers last month. Chinese student Jing Li, who studied at the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Metro Vancouver, filed the suit after she put a 10 per cent deposit on a $560,000 townhome in Langley, B.C., CBC News reported Monday.


Seattle Pain Centers Probe Leads to L&I Action, Lawsuit

Fallout from a state crackdown on the medical director of a chain of Washington pain clinics has expanded with new sanctions against more providers — and a lawsuit filed by the family of a patient who died. As many as 20 health-care providers who worked for Seattle Pain Centers have been suspended from the state Labor & Industries department network, which authorizes treatment for workers’ …