Court upholds Toronto transit zoning, allowing expropriation for transit community development
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:57 PM
The Ontario Superior Court has upheld two orders in council (OIC) designating lands as “transit-oriented community land,” (TOC land), enabling expropriation without hearings of necessity. ... [read more]
Saskatchewan gives update on special police teams
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:48 PM
Saskatchewan’s government is lauding the progress of two of its specialized policing outfits. ... [read more]
StatCan releases report on CEBA borrowing, repayments and bankruptcy data
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:38 PM
Statistics Canada has released a new report on the federal government's COVID-related Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) that it says could provide insight “into how the use of emergency funding programs may have influenced short and medium-term business survival rates.” ... [read more]
B.C. Court of Appeal applies Charter to quash multiple drugs, weapons convictions
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:28 PM
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia applied the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to quash the conviction of a Vancouver man on multiple counts of drugs, firearms and weapons offences. The unanimous decision in R. v. Khamvongsa, 2025 BCCA 33, announced February 5, resulted in a new trial for Khamphou Khamvongsa, after having been convicted on 13 counts in the Provincial Court of British Columbia (R. v. Khamvongsa, Vancouver Docket 255078-2) in 2023. ... [read more]