A class-action lawsuit certified in B.C. Supreme Court means girls who were incarcerated at the Industrial Home for Girls and Willingdon School for Girls between 1914 and 1973 can proceed with seeking compensation from Canada, B.C. and a doctor. Girls who were incarcerated at a long-shuttered Vancouver-area school once described as a "house of horrors," have won a victory with the certification of a class-action lawsuit alleging systemic sexual, physical and mental abuse at the facility. The... [4816 chars]
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