The City of Port Alberni is denying that it defamed the San Group forestry company and is asking that a lawsuit launched by the company be dismissed. The city asked the Supreme Court of B.C. last month to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the company claiming an overnight search of its remanufacturing plant by local officials harmed its reputation. No allegations have been proven in court and no court dates have been set. In the city’s version of facts filed this week, it said the media published public complaints regarding the living conditions of temporary foreign workers on premises owned by the San Group. …In its response to the San Group’s claim, the city denies it is liable. San Group has rejected suggestions that it was mistreating its temporary foreign workers.