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Flames rip through Alberta retirement complex

May 7, 2021 The Canadian Press

ST. ALBERT, Alta. – Fire has destroyed part of a retirement complex northwest of Edmonton. Officials say three residents suffered smoke inhalation but no one has died. Flames broke out at Citadel Mews West Continuing Care Facility in St. Albert

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Families reach $5.5 million settlement in lawsuit against Quebec long-term care home

April 1, 2021 Sidhartha Banerjee - THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL – Lawyers for residents and families suing a Montreal-area long-term care home ravaged by the pandemic’s first wave said Wednesday they had reached a $5.5-million settlement with the facility’s owners. The private Residence Herron was among the hardest hit

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Ontario long-term care home with outbreak of COVID-19 variant faces lawsuit

February 5, 2021 Nicole Thompson - THE CANADIAN PRESS

A central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents’ families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping them safe.

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Some long-term care homes can’t get insurance, could be forced to close: association

October 20, 2020 Liam Casey - THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ontario’s long-term care homes are having trouble securing liability insurance for COVID-19, a situation that could force some of them to close, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the province’s homes says. The Ontario Long-Term Care Association

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How liability insurers will react to military report on long-term care homes

June 2, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

A recently military report on some Canadian long-term care facilities will change the way liability coverage is underwritten and could even discourage some insurers from staying in the market, a managing general agent suggests. “I think you will probably see