June 05, 2026
Manitoba has passed Canada’s first nurse-to-patient ratio legislation to improve patient safety, support nurses and strengthen health care staffing across the province.
June 05, 2026
Yukon’s Supreme Court has issued a directive on the use of generative AI “in written and oral representations” in a bid to reinforce the “integrity and credibility of legal proceedings.”
June 05, 2026
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne tabled his annual report in Parliament on June 4, noting efforts to promote privacy and provide leadership to individuals and businesses in light of rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
June 05, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that criminal convictions must be based on proof beyond a reasonable doubt, not simply on choosing one witness’s account over another.
June 05, 2026
In the usual course of estate administration, one of the preliminary steps is often obtaining a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee with a Will (often referred to as “probate”). Generally, this is an administrative, over-the-counter process. The applicant files the original will, the prescribed application forms, any supporting materials required by the court, and pays the applicable Estate Administration Tax. If the application is in order, the court issues a Certificate of Appointment confirming the authority of the estate trustee named in the will.
June 05, 2026
Clark Wilson has added Erin Valentine as an associate in its higher learning and business litigation groups in Vancouver.
June 05, 2026
The Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy is designed to ensure that companies awarded defence procurement contracts undertake business activities in Canada equal to the value of the contracts they have won. The policy aims to ensure that “significant investments in defence-related goods and services generate long-term and high-value economic benefit to Canadian industry and encourage the growth of industry in emerging technologies, established and globally competitive capabilities, and domestic capacity related to national security issues.”
June 05, 2026
When a Canadian court or tribunal finds that a party has relied on a case that does not exist, the consequence is far from uniform. In one decision, the lawyer responsible was ordered to pay $17,550 in costs personally. In another, the order was $100. In 60 of the 177 decisions we reviewed, the adjudicator identified the problem but imposed no consequence at all.
June 05, 2026
Hayley Main has rejoined Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) as a litigation associate in its Winnipeg office.
June 05, 2026
Appeal by Berg from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal which affirmed his conviction for sexual assault. The main issue before the trial judge was whether the complainant had consented to sex with Berg. Both testified at trial and it was common ground that the sexual activity in question included sexual intercourse.