CANADA
Winnipeg Free Press
By: The Canadian Press
Posted: 05/3/2016
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A lawyer for plaintiffs who attended residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador says an update on compensation talks is coming May 10.
Steven Cooper says all parties have agreed not to say more until they appear that day before a judge in provincial Supreme Court.
Lawyers for former students alleging abuse and cultural losses have been working with federal lawyers to reach a settlement by the end of May.
Otherwise, Cooper says the lawsuit would go ahead in September.
About 1,200 plaintiffs were left out of a federal apology in 2008 and related compensation package.
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