Mastodawn

Whitehose homeowners awarded $286K for botched sewer pipe installation
The couple says a faulty sewer line installation and a punctured sewer pipe resulted in sewage backing up into the home four times.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whistle-bend-sewer-pipe-lawsuit-9.7231083?cmp=rss

CBC British Columbia 2d ago

B.C. judge says province scapegoated fired staffer who was awarded $250K
A B.C. Supreme Court justice was highly critical of the province's conduct in awarding a fired public servant $250,000 in damages, following her involvement in a 2012 scandal that involved fired health researchers and a man's suicide.
#News #Canada #BritishColumbia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fired-bc-ministry-staffer-wendy-taylor-9.7229430?cmp=rss

CBC Hamilton 2d ago

Dozens of Stoney Creek residents filing lawsuits over stinky GFL dump
The lawsuits are asking for $250,000 in damages for public and private nuisance, negligence, and statutory breaches.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lawsuit-gfl-stoney-creek-9.7227059?cmp=rss

Robin Forlonge Patterson 3d ago

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597173/missing-climate-briefing-note-who-knew-what-and-when
has much useful background on the question of whether #polluters and/or producers of material that will #pollute when used can be held liable for #damages. Applicable world-wide, not just in #NewZealand.
#permission2pollute

Missing climate briefing note: Who knew what, and when?

A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.

RNZ

Robin Forlonge Patterson 3d ago

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597173/missing-climate-briefing-note-who-knew-what-and-when
has much useful background on the question of whether #polluters and/or producers of material that will #pollute when used can be held liable for #damages. Applicable world-wide, not just in #NewZealand.
#permission2pollute

Missing climate briefing note: Who knew what, and when?

A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.

RNZ

Robin Forlonge Patterson 🇬🇱3d ago

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597173/missing-climate-briefing-note-who-knew-what-and-when
has much useful background on the question of whether #polluters and/or producers of material that will #pollute when used can be held liable for #damages. Applicable world-wide, not just in #NewZealand.
#permission2pollute

Missing climate briefing note: Who knew what, and when?

A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.

RNZ

kkarhan 4d ago

I'm gonna repeat myself here, but I think that #Copyright should cease the moment one cannot legally obtain a permanent copy & license for a fixed, one-time-purchase.

- It should be illegal to pursue #consumers for #piracy, because claims of #damages are made-up bogus when there's no way to have avoided it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-tc38hHiY&t=1722s

IMHO we should make #FRAND mandatory for #consumer-facing stuff just like it it's being mandated for standards-essential #patents!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing

#IP

How Steam DESTROYS Piracy… By Doing Nothing

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CBC Saskatchewan May 29

Fire damages homes in Saskatoon's Hampton Village neighbourhood
Multiple homes and garages in the 400 block of Geary Crescent were involved. All occupants escaped without injury, the fire department said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/fire-damages-homes-in-saskatoon-s-hampton-village-neighbourhood-9.7217260?cmp=rss

On Duty of Munich May 29

Truck #Damages Bridge, Train Traffic Between Munich and Ingolstadt Halted

In the Baar-Ebenhausen area, a truck driver struck the lower part of a railway bridge structure. A chronicle of the four-hour disruption to train traffic on the section between #Munich and #Ingolstadt, changes in the schedules of regional lines RE1 and RB16, as well as details of the technical inspection of the damaged overpass's structural stability are detailed in our material.

Global News May 20

Arbitrator awards former CFL player Bruce $25,000
Former CFL player Arland Bruce III was awarded $25,000 in damages by an arbitrator earlier this month after suffering a concussion in a 2012 game.
#Sports #CalgaryStampeders #HumanInterest #Labour
https://globalnews.ca/news/11857981/arbitrator-awards-former-cfl-player-bruce-25000/