British Columbia businessman Stephen Pineau has been awarded a historic six-figure damages award after being defamed in online articles. On Dec. 16, the B.C. Court of Appeal doubled the original damages first awarded to Pineau from $60,000 to $120,000.
Pineau sued the magazine Business in Vancouver for two articles, and KMI Publishing for one article—which was published in the online edition of Human Resources Magazine—both of which suggested Pineau had been involved in unproven allegations of financial misconduct.
