April 28, 2026
Saskatchewan is giving millions of dollars to support restorative justice measures used by Indigenous communities. According to an April 27 news release, the province is providing $17.2 million over the next four years to more than 20 First Nations, tribal councils and community-based organizations that deliver “alternative measures and extrajudicial sanctions programs.”
April 28, 2026
British Columbia has announced it will continue funding a program aimed at supporting survivors of intimate partner violence as they navigate family law matters in court until at least March 2028.
April 28, 2026
Over the past several years, Indigenous issues and reconciliation efforts have started to move out of the shadows and into the forefront of Canadian minds. However, the heightened attention following the May 27, 2021, media release by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, which revealed a ground-penetrating radar discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, has since steadily declined, despite the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in the legal system, continued inequities in child welfare and persistent barriers to accessing culturally appropriate supports.
April 28, 2026
On Jan. 28, 2026, the Toronto Superior Court of Justice’s online booking system displayed no available dates for a Civil Case Conference. On Jan. 29, the wait was eight days. By Feb. 3, it was 210 days. Same court, same hearing type. Three wildly different outcomes in a week.
April 27, 2026
For a medical professional, nothing could seem worse than the opening lines of a Toronto Star newspaper report on Nov. 24, 2023, which read, “Dr. Wameed Ateyah, who was the only family doctor in Schomberg, a hamlet north of Toronto, has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of 16 counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation in relation to 13 female patients.”
April 27, 2026
The federal government has announced more than $8.6 million in funding over two years for 24 projects to develop services for Black youth, victims and survivors of crime, and individuals navigating the criminal justice system.
April 24, 2026
The Ontario government has fast-tracked legislation through the provincial legislature that makes significant changes to the province’s freedom of information (FOI) laws, a move observers are calling “undemocratic” and dangerous.
April 24, 2026
It may seem overly dramatic to compare the court’s dilemma about mandating “in-person” motions in family court to Hamlet’s musings about whether to suffer the hardships of life or succumb to the unknown of death.
April 24, 2026
In October 2017, tensions escalated at a rooming house on Lansdowne Avenue in London, Ont., after disputes erupted among Raymond Beaver, his niece, Melissa George, and her boyfriend, Daniel Cavanagh.
April 23, 2026
Taking its cues from a handful of other provinces, Saskatchewan has introduced legislation that would add associate judges to its Court of King’s Bench.