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Class action still option for past Timber Bay school students
People who attended a Montreal Lake school can still apply for class action after a provincial Court of Appeals reversal, and a lawyer is considering suing the churches that ran it.
Timber Bay Children’s Home and School operated from 1952 to early 1992, with Metis students attending the day school and residence in the Montreal Lake area.
“Many of these students were sexually abused, they were sexually abused by staff, they were sexually abused by older students, they weren’t protected from other students. They were physically abused, their culture was denigrated. They were really psychologically impacted and almost destroyed,” said Tony Merchant, a Regina lawyer with Merchant Law Group.
The home was operated by numerous religious institutions, first by the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission (NCEM) and later the Brethren in Christ Conference (BCC). Staff was hired by the board of these institutions.