$85.5 million Dollar Settlement Approved for Lake Manitoba Flood Victims
“A settlement agreement has been reached involving property owners along Lake Manitoba. More than ten years since extensive flooding damaged homes and property, the Manitoba government has been forced to pay $85.5 million dollars in settlement money, including to cottage owner Alice Dent,” reports Abigail Turner in Global News.
“Anyone who owned real or personal property, off the nearby First Nation’s reserve and within a 30 km radius of the lake that was damaged by the 2011 flooding may make a claim for compensation. Those affected have until April 14, 2022 to file a claim. Our main focus on this whole class-action lawsuit was to prove the government was,”
