APSHA - Alberta Pine Shake Homeowners Association Calendar of Events

Note: We have chosen not to keep this page up-to-date;
it is redundant with the Home page and Newsletter page information.

TRIAL DATE NOW SET

The trial (on the issue of liability) has been placed on the February 2004 Civil Trial List.

More specifically, the trial will commence Monday, February 2nd, 2004 and run up to 24 days: to Friday, March 5th 2004.

APSHA will be proceeding with six sample cases.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OCT. 17, 2002

Our AGM was held in the main floor hall at the Alberta Teachers Association on October 17th.

STATUS REPORT - August, 2002

Examinations for Discovery on the government officer, selected employees (and past employees, if retired), and our seven "sample cases" have been completed.

We are now awaiting the Court to set a date for the trial on the issue of liability.

STATUS REPORT - May, 2002

Examinations for Discovery on the government officer, selected employees (and past employees, if retired), and our seven "sample cases" have been extended for various reasons, but should be done now by the end of June.

After that, a date will be set for the trial on the issue of liability.

Our Spring Newsletter hit the mail on May 17th, 2002!

CONDO INFORMATION MEETING

An information meeting to deal with condominium issues was held on Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 in Edmonton.

EXAMINATIONS FOR DISCOVERY HAVE BEGUN

Our lawyers began Examinations for Discovery on government representatives on October 15, 2001.

APSHA members selected to be "sample cases" will also undergo Examinations for Discovery at a later date.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The annual general meeting was held on Thursday, September 6th, 2001 in Edmonton.

PROVINCE FILES STATEMENT OF DEFENCE
JUNE 5, 2001

The lawyers for the government have filed Statements of Defence in the 55 actions filed and served against it.

THIRD PARTY NOTICE ISSUED BY THE PROVINCE
MAY 30, 2001

Lawyers for the government filed a Third Party Notice in the (original) Court of Queen's Bench Action No. 9903 10452.

The Third Party is identified therein as Millar Western Industries Ltd., Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. and Majestic Forest Products Corporation.

INDIVIDUAL PLAINTIFF ACTIONS FILED AND SERVED

As of March 1, 2001, there have been about 3900 Individual Plaintiff actions filed and served on behalf of APSHA members.

Court Ruling re: Representative Action

May 29, 2000

The Case Management Judge decided that the action could not proceed as a 'representative action' for several reasons.

* Read about the ruling as reported in the Edmonton Journal here ; and in the Edmonton Sun here.

This is just a procedural issue; it does not make any ruling on the merits of the case.

In anticipation of having problems with the 'representative action', our lawyers were pre-authorized by over 2000 of our members to file Statements of Claim for 'individual plaintiff actions'.

You can view a typical Statement of Claim (without the names of our members on it) by clicking here.

Court Hearing re: Representative Action

May 23, 2000

The Case Management Judge, Mr. Justice Binder, heard both counsels present their arguments as to whether or not our claim should be allowed to proceed as a Representative Action.

The Judge reserved his decision after the presentations were completed.

Government filed Statement of Defence

July 6th, 1999

Government Deadline
for filing Statement of Defence
or Demand of Notice

[We erroneously indicated June 19th, 1999 here; in fact the 15 day deadline is not taken from the date of the filing (June 4), but from the date of the serving (June 21). Therefore the government filed it's Statement of Defence within the limitation period..]

APSHA filed Statement of Claim
in Court of Queen's Bench

June 4th, 1999

(served on June 21st)

** Read our Media Release on the results of a Meeting
with the Minister of Labour held on March 10, 1999. **

Last Updated: February 4, 2003