April 14, 2026
Shawn Yorke, 45, was shot to death at 1 a.m. on July 8, 2018, during a botched home-invasion robbery at his townhouse in Kitchener, Ont. Mowafag Saboon, then 24, and Kenneth Morrison, then 27, both of Kitchener, were convicted three years later of first-degree murder.
April 13, 2026
The federal government has appointed Mireille Pélissier-Simard as a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Quebec.
April 13, 2026
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) is calling on provincial ministries, municipalities and other public institutions to showcase innovative projects that advance access to information and transparency as part of Transparency Challenge 3.0.
April 13, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed leave to appeal in a securities fraud conviction case to determine how a Supreme Court of Canada decision applies to acquittal appeals in the context of the Provincial Offences Act.
April 13, 2026
The Federal Court has set aside an order overturning the election of a First Nation’s chief and council, finding that the decision was tainted by procedural unfairness and a reasonable apprehension of bias.
April 13, 2026
A B.C.-based lawyer is saying a recent decision by the province’s top court in a land claim is of “particular significance and precedential value” as it represents the first time the court has made a declaration of Aboriginal title.
April 13, 2026
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has appointed Brent Cotter as interim chair of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) for a six-month term effective April 15, 2026. Roxanne M. Gagné has been appointed vice-chair for a five-year term effective April 20, 2026.
April 13, 2026
What happens when a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) is included in an estate but the will says nothing about it? The Québec Superior Court answered that question in Noël c. Birk, 2026 QCCS 187, and the answer should matter to every estate planner, liquidator and testator with registered assets.
April 13, 2026
In Arsopi v. ARVOS GmbH, 2026 ABCA 49, the Alberta Court of Appeal (the ABCA) allowed an appeal from a decision that only partially stayed a third-party claim in favour of arbitration. The court concluded that the entire dispute fell within the scope of a broadly worded arbitration clause agreed to by sophisticated commercial parties.
April 13, 2026
There is a story that quietly circulates through the legal profession. It goes something like this: to build a truly successful law firm, you must sacrifice everything else. Your weekends. Your health. Your presence at the dinner table. Your hobbies, friendships and any meaningful sense of personal fulfilment outside of work. Success, the story insists, demands total surrender.