A hearing was held last week in British Columbia to obtain court approval for a class-action lawsuit against the province and chief public health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. A court has to certify the proposed class-action lawsuit, brought by the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy (CSASPP), a B.C. not-for-profit organization before…
BC Judge to Decide If Class-Action Lawsuit Against Pandemic Health Orders Will Proceed
Lawsuits Pile Up Against BC COVID-19 Mandates
The province of British Columbia is facing court battles one after another from various parties over vaccine requirements it imposed during the pandemic. The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) filed a legal challenge to the B.C. vaccine passport regime on Sept. 28, 2021, saying it discriminated against people who could not be vaccinated for medical reasons….
Exclusion of Unvaccinated BC Health Staff Hurting Patient Care, Says Surgeon Who Filed Legal Petition
A surgeon who filed a petition requesting a judicial review over the exclusion of B.C. health-care workers who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 says their absence hurts patients in the province. Dr. York Hsiang and two other plaintiffs filed their petition in the B.C. Supreme Court on June 10 asking that a 2021 public health order…
BC Gym Continues to Operate Despite COVID Closure Order
The owners of a West Kelowna, B.C. gym say they will continue to defy a closure order for breaking provincial COVID-19 mandates despite receiving thousands of dollars in fines in the last two months. In an online video posted Feb. 12, Iron Energy Gym co-owner Brett Godin said he’s refusing to pay over $10,000 in…
Vancouver Pharmacist Sues London Drugs Alleging Wrongful Dismissal Over COVID Vaccine Mandate
A Vancouver pharmacist who had worked at London Drugs for 16 years is suing her former employer, alleging that the retail chain wrongfully dismissed her for not getting vaccinated for COVID-19. On Nov. 1, 2021, Lina Reid was placed “on an unpaid leave of absence for an undetermined length of time because she was not…
BC Events Industry Urges Province to Reopen After Being Denied Government Help
February 11, 2022
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Struggling wedding and event companies say British Columbia’s current COVID-19 rules don’t add up, and are calling on the province to allow indoor wedding receptions with safety plans in place. Paige Petriw, owner of Spotlight Events, wrote an open letter to the B.C. government that highlighted how the $1.2 billion wedding event industry is being ignored and denied…
BC Judge Questions If Provincial Health Officer Appreciated Right to Religious Freedom When Issuing COVID Restrictions
A British Columbia judge questioned whether the province’s top doctor appreciated the right to religious freedom when she issued COVID-19 restrictions that banned in-person worship services. In a hearing on March 3 over a petition challenging Dr. Bonnie Henry’s COVID-19 orders, B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson questioned whether the provincial health officer took…
B.C. to Stretch Second Doses of COVID 19 Vaccine to Day 42 Amid Production Delay
VICTORIA—British Columbia is extending the interval between the two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the province’s top doctor said Monday. Dr. Bonnie Henry told a news briefing that further delays in the production and delivery of the vaccine over the next two weeks prompted health officials to extend the time period between the shots…
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