CHL and WHL teams have been ordered to reveal their finances in a player’s class-action lawsuit for failure to meet employment standards.

The Western Hockey League did not register as a lobbyist before leaning on B.C.’s cabinet to exempt major junior players from the minimum wage law, the provincial watchdog says.

Lukas Walter is an unlikely labour agitator — certainly no Ginger Goodwin, B.C.’s legendary advocate for workers’ rights murdered a century ago.

The sad legacy of how National Hockey League owners exploited players for much of the 20th century apparently lives on in major junior hockey.

B.C. is addressing its criminal legal system woes but has not yet embraced performance standards or metrics, lawyer Geoffrey Cowper says.