The Complete Brief
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November 14, 2025
Associate joins Thomson Rogers
Thomson Rogers LLP welcomes Melanie White as an associate.
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November 14, 2025
Ontario’s plan to change climate rules spark legal uncertainty: scholar
The Ontario government is planning to scrap requirements to set greenhouse gas reduction targets and a legal scholar is saying that would bring a court challenge of those rules into a “legal grey area.”
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November 14, 2025
Be it resolved: Finders keepers
Ever hear of a place in Russia called Khanty-Mansiysk? Didn’t think so. Vladimir Rychagov was a factory worker there, until he hit the jackpot, or rather helped himself to it. Through a software glitch, his employer deposited into his bank account the salaries of 34 of its employees, being over seven million rubles instead of about 47,000 rubles, which is $87,000 instead of $581. Vlad, however, refuses to return the slight excess.
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November 14, 2025
Navigating Canada’s visa pathways for the manufacturing industry
Canada’s manufacturing sector is grappling with a significant challenge: a shortage of skilled and semi-skilled labour. From machine operators and welders to industrial technicians, employers across the country are finding it increasingly difficult to fill essential roles.
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November 14, 2025
CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES - Impaired operation or operation over the legal limit - Disclosure of information with respect to instrument
Appeal by Larocque from a judgment of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal which affirmed his conviction. Larocque was arrested for impaired driving.
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November 14, 2025
CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES -- Impaired operation or operation over the legal limit -- Certificate of analysis
Appeal by Rousselle from a judgment of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal which upheld a decision setting aside his acquittal and entered a conviction. Rousselle was arrested for impaired driving.
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November 14, 2025
Federal bail and sentencing reform: Real-world impact in B.C.
On Oct. 23, 2025, the federal government introduced the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act (Bill C-14), signalling a significant shift in bail and sentencing policy across Canada. The legislation aims to make bail harder to obtain in certain higher-risk cases and to impose tougher sentencing regimes for repeat and violent offenders. The message is clear: more detention upfront and longer sentences at the back end.
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November 14, 2025
CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES - Offences against person and reputation - Criminal harassment or stalking
Appeal by appellant convicted of criminal harassment of three individuals who were all members of the same family. The appellant was sentenced to a 90-day intermittent period of incarceration which he had fully served.
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November 14, 2025
The problem with ‘fairness’ in family business succession
“Being good is easy — What is difficult is being just.” ~ Victor Hugo
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November 14, 2025
SCC upholds the common-sense interpretation of the Good Samaritan law
Paul Eric Wilson saw a person overdosing and called 911. When the police arrived on the scene, they detained him for drug possession because they saw drugs on him. A subsequent search of his person revealed a gun and other illegal items.