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Coastal GasLink says it is not liable for an alleged sexual assault at a work camp in northern B.C., and instead says any negligence is the fault of Civeo Premium Services, a pipeline contractor which also denies responsibility. The two companies also disagree about who employed the person alleged to have committed the …
Read More »No government funds used to settle Hockey Canada sexual assault lawsuit: CEO
A Hockey Canada executive has told a House of Commons committee under oath that the organization did not use any government money to settle a lawsuit with an alleged victim of sexual assault. CBC News reported Monday that financial records show Hockey Canada received $14 million in federal government support in 2020 and 2021, including $3.4 …
Read More »Canadian director Paul Haggis under house arrest in Italy after sexual assault allegation
Canadian-born and Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis is under house arrest in Italy after a woman accused him of sexual assault on Sunday. Haggis, 69, is in Italy for a film festival that begins on Tuesday in Ostuni, a town in the southern Italian region of Puglia. The office of prosecutors …
Read More »Supreme court to rule on Calgary magic mushrooms-fuelled assault case
The country’s top court is set to rule on a Calgary case involving a university student who, while naked and high on mushrooms, attacked a professor with a broom handle after breaking into her home. Former Mount Royal University student Matthew Brown was charged with break-and-enter and aggravated assault after a …
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