September 15, 2026
All employees in Alberta have rights under the Employment Standards Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers Compensation Act and Human Rights Act, right?
September 15, 2026
I was recently approached by email and asked to be interviewed about my latest book on a Zoom call that would reach more than 800 viewers. What troubled me was that the Zoom call was to originate in Dubai. I checked the company before accepting. The Winnipeg Free Press had reported on the venture and labelled it a scam intent on pushing authors to make sizable donations.
September 14, 2026
New rules are coming to the B.C. Supreme Court for civil and family applications, creating more opportunities for disputes to be resolved earlier without going to court. The changes will take effect Oct. 1.
September 14, 2026
When I first realized I was likely to be incarcerated, I started looking for information about prisons in Canada. It turned out to be surprisingly hard to find.
September 11, 2026
Ruling 9-0 in favour of the Ontario Crown’s position, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to impose a presumptive time cap on post-conviction sentencing delays or to make a stay of proceedings the mandatory Charter remedy for unreasonable post-verdict sentencing delay that breaches an offender’s s. 11(b) Charter right to trial within a reasonable time.
September 11, 2026
Nova Scotia has introduced new legislation in the name of greater public safety — including laws supporting those who have been misrepresented by intimate images created or altered by AI.
September 08, 2026
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has announced that Chief Justice of Alberta Ritu Khullar died on Sept. 3, surrounded by family. She also served as chief justice of the Courts of Appeal of Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
September 04, 2026
Manitoba’s government will be enacting what it is calling a “historic” expansion of residential rent control coverage in the province — but it will also be raising the annual limit at which landlords can increase rent.
September 04, 2026
Criticizing judges is not wrong. Indeed, criticism of judicial decisions is an important part of a free society. Judges are not infallible, and their reasons are properly subject to scrutiny by lawyers, academics, journalists and the public.
September 03, 2026
Upcoming conferences listed by Saskatchewan’s law society will include a look into the emotional challenges in estate disputes, French terminology in family law contracts, and the current state of AI in the legal profession.