![]() ![]() The Ugandan school where attackers killed dozens of students Friday was built with the help of a Canadian non-profit, the group's co-founder and former vice-president confirmed to CBC News. The British Columbia-based Partnerships for Opportunity Development Association (PODA) helped build the school between 20, Peter Hunt told CBC News on Sunday by text message, confirming earlier statements made by Uganda's education minister and reporting from The New York Times. The investigation reveals that starting in 1975 and continuing until 2000, several school authorities were told about the teacher's sexual behaviour with kids, but he continued to teach, moving to seven different schools over the years. For his part, the teacher has maintained his sexual encounters with his former students were consensual. Legal experts say increasingly, victims of historical sexual abuse are turning to civil litigation when they can't find justice through the police or criminal courts, or lack faith in those institutions. It's one of several findings from a CBC podcast investigation that found 15 women who claimed they were sexually harassed, exploited or assaulted by William Douglas Walker at three different school districts in and around Toronto. Seven young people filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government in 2019, alleging its climate plan fails to protect them and future generations. One of the most watched cases among them was brought forward in Ontario - and has yet to be settled. In Canada, there have been 35 climate-related legal challenges, according to Columbia University's climate litigation database. Experts say climate litigation against both governments and corporations is likely to become more common as the science of climate change and the grounds for a legal challenge become clearer. The climate change lawsuit, which continues in court this week, is the first to reach trial among dozens filed across the U.S. "That's my life, and my home is there and it impacts the well-being of myself, my family, my community." She is one of 16 young people suing the state for failing to take action to curb global warming. In a Montana courtroom, a young woman's eyes welled with tears as she explained how drought, wildfires and floods have put her family's cattle ranch at risk. "It's stressful,'' Rikki Held, 22, told the court last week. ![]() It was Verstappen's second consecutive victory in Montreal, and he is now tied with late Brazilian great Ayrton Senna with 41 career wins. Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates after winning the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday. ![]()
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