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.
April 23, 2026
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have charged a federal government consultant for fraudulent overbilling.
April 23, 2026
Deputy Privacy Commissioner Marc Chénier has expressed support for Bill S-5, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, in a statement before the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, according to an April 22 release.
April 23, 2026
On Feb. 10, 2026, one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history occurred in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where Jesse Strang killed her mother and half-brother in addition to several students of the local secondary school. We were surprised to find out that, in 2015, a court had denied Jesse’s mother’s request to relocate with her children from British Columbia to Newfoundland.
April 23, 2026
Ontario’s top court has dismissed the case of a man arguing the federal government bore responsibility for the death of his son, who died 33 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
April 23, 2026
Organizations across Canada are increasingly turning to anonymization as a way to extract value from data while managing privacy risk. Done correctly, anonymization can place a dataset outside the reach of Canada’s private-sector privacy legislation, freeing organizations to use the data for analytics, product development and operational purposes without the obligations that would otherwise govern the handling of personal information.
April 23, 2026
Farris LLP has added Casey-Leigh Dangers as an articling student, the British Columbia-based firm says.
April 23, 2026
Langlois has added Jeanne Parent to its litigation group in Quebec City following her articling with the firm.
April 23, 2026
In corporate structures, the company is its own legal person, with its own assets, liabilities and rights of action. That separation is what gives shareholders the benefit of limited liability, but it also means they cannot simply step into the corporation’s shoes when something goes wrong.
April 23, 2026
Ontario has introduced legislation to restrict foreign acquisition of farmland and make it easier for farmers to lease or access arable land in northern Ontario, according to an April 22 release.