The case will clarify the scope of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, which has also been examined in the provincial courts of Quebec and New Brunswick
The results were "bittersweet" with the loss of nationally-recognized lawyer Thomas Berger, who represented PBCN and died in April, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation s counsel said.
No details of the settlement or what it is costing taxpayers was provided. In February, when he won the court case against Cornerstone, Oberg said in a statement to the Review, “The Court of Appeal agreed with the Queen’s Bench Court that the process followed in my case was unfair and the decision to demote me was unreasonable. These events have had a major impact on me and my family, both professionally and personally. I am grateful the mistakes that were made have been corrected.” Oberg was removed as principal of the high school in October of 2017 following an incident involving his daughter and the senior girls volleyball team. He had had a dispute with the team’s head coach as he tried to substitute his daughter into the rotation during a tournament, and after an argument with the coach, he and his daughter left, and he was subsequently removed from his position.