March 28, 2024

Discrimination ruling makes school districts take notice

The Chair of the Vancouver School Board says a Supreme Court of Canada ruling Friday will have implications for school boards--particularly when it comes to budgets. The court found the North Vancouver school district discriminated against Jeffrey more, who has dyslexia, by not teaching him to read. Moore had been attending a centre for kids with … [Read more...]

Vancouver gay couple wins discrimination case

Victory for a Vancouver gay couple, who took the owners of a Grand Forks bed and breakfast to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. The Tribunal has ordered the evangelical christian owners of Riverbend B&B to pay Shaun Eadie and Brian Thomas nearly 45-hundred dollars in damages and costs -- after the couple's reservation was cancelled three years … [Read more...]