HALIFAX — A former member of Nova Scotia’s Olympic sailing training program is suing the national and provincial governing bodies for the sport, alleging they failed to act when she reported a sexual assault.

The complainant from British Columbia says she was assaulted when she was 21 by a teammate in July 2024, while training and working as a sailing coach in Nova Scotia.

She says she reported the incident to supervisors at Sail Canada and Sail Nova Scotia, but claims the organizations ignored her and isolated her from teammates.

Other parties including the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron are named in the lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, the province where Sail Canada is headquartered.

In a statement, Sail Canada says that since it became aware of the allega

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