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October 16, 2026
Appeal by SB from a decision determining parenting arrangements for the parties’ child. KB left Saltcoats with the child under the pretext of visiting family in Saskatoon. She did not return with the child to Saltcoats thereafter.
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October 16, 2026
Appeal by the Crown from a global sentence of two years less a day to be served as a conditional sentence order (CSO), followed by one year of unsupervised probation.
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October 15, 2026
Canadian businesses are calling for a comprehensive review of the country’s tax system to improve competitiveness and reduce complexity as the economy deals with the impact of the trade conflict with the U.S., according to a KPMG survey of companies with annual revenues of at least $10 million.
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October 15, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault has welcomed Brandon Wiener and Milan Vukovic as partners in its national tax group in Toronto.
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October 15, 2026
Miller Thomson LLP has announced its acquisition of Mogan Daniels Slager LLP (MDS), a Vancouver-based boutique law firm focused on private company mergers and acquisitions and private equity. MDS’s 11 lawyers are expected to join Miller Thomson in early November.
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October 15, 2026
Kelly Kim has joined Lenczner Slaght as counsel, adding to the firm’s health law practice.
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October 15, 2026
Alberta’s top court has once again ruled against the federal government’s legislation for reviewing natural resource projects, saying amendments it made after parts of the law were struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada still do not pass constitutional muster.
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October 15, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Google’s challenge to a discovery ruling in proceedings brought by the Competition Bureau over its alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, emphasizing that relevance alone does not justify disclosure.
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October 15, 2026
Imagine a Canadian bank restoring AI-assisted customer service after its technology provider suffers an outage. Customers can use the service again, but a disputed transaction remains unexplained. The provider holds the incident logs, the bank has only the final output, and their contract says little about access during a disagreement. Operational recovery has succeeded. Establishing what happened, and who should bear the loss, may take considerably longer.
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October 15, 2026
British Columbians are set to vote for their next provincial government on Oct. 24, following Premier David Eby’s snap election.
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October 15, 2026
A hydroelectric power plant needed refurbishment. The owner initiated a refurbishment project of the butterfly valves and winches for its hydroelectric power units and entered into an agreement with the plaintiff for the refurbishment of the first two hydroelectric power units of the plant, known as Units 1 and 2. The refurbishment work covered by the agreement included the valves and winches for Units 1 and 2, sometimes referred to as “pilot projects.”
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October 15, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has partially allowed Christopher John Barron’s sentence appeal, reducing his global sentence after finding that the sentencing judge had punished him twice for the same conduct (R. v. Barron, 2026 ABCA 270).
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October 15, 2026
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne has announced that he has closed an investigation into WestJet’s security measures that was initiated after a cyberattack, finding the company met the commitments it made to his office (OPC) to enhance safeguards.
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October 15, 2026
You’ve applied for a visa. You go to your appointment thinking this is fairly routine, and you’ve been approved for visas in the past. No reason to worry or be concerned, you think. But when you appear for your interview, they are asking new questions. They ask about the purpose and timing of your trip in more detail.
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October 15, 2026
Appeal by Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Minister) from the Federal Court judgment granting the respondent’s application for judicial review of the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s (Immigration Division) decision finding him inadmissible and ordering his deportation.
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October 15, 2026
Appeal by SP from the dismissal of her contempt application, and an order imputing annual income to CP. The judge rejected CP’s allegation she was unable to work more than two days per week.
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October 15, 2026
Segregation is seen as a necessary and justifiable punishment for maintaining safety and order in a prison. But as I presided over more than 900 disciplinary hearings in B.C. provincial prisons, it became clear that the practice failed to achieve its purpose. Rather than rehabilitating, it made prisoners worse, creating a revolving door.
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October 14, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a bid to strike a proposed class action alleging that real estate rules requiring sellers to pay buyers’ brokerage commissions unlawfully control prices by shielding those commissions from competitive market forces.
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October 14, 2026
Keeping up with the speed of money, working with limited resources and assisting judges with gaps in their technical knowledge were among the challenges under the spotlight at a recent legal conference about cybercrime and crypto fraud.
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October 14, 2026
The Saskatchewan government has announced that it is seeking input through a survey for public consultation related to the province’s comprehensive review of the Farm Security Act.
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October 14, 2026
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP (Alexander Holburn) has launched a family law group in Vancouver with the addition of partners Jane Reid and Rosemary Gallo.
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October 14, 2026
Laura Harrison has joined Aird & Berlis as an associate and member of the firm’s financial services group.
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October 14, 2026
Megan Pratt-Ahmad has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its health law and construction law groups.
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October 14, 2026
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has updated its guidance for organizations that record customer calls, “to ensure alignment with best practices on the handling of biometric data and to clarify other considerations for businesses.”
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October 14, 2026
The 1939 film adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz includes this famous scene.