'Next big step': Young Canadians lawsuit given approval to proceed

CALGARY -- A lawsuit filed on behalf of several young men who were sexually abused by a former employee of The Young Canadians performance arts school has passed its first major hurdle. Proceedings against Philip Heerema, the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. and the Calgary Stampede Foundation have been certified as a class action by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench. Heerema resigned in 2014 from The Young Canadians when police began investigating several complaints. The six victims were m