June 15, 2026
The Government of British Columbia has appointed Matthew Stacey and Jason LeBlond to provincial courts in Port Coquitlam and Prince George, respectively. The appointments will be effective as of July 13, 2026.
June 15, 2026
Law360 Canada is seeking participants for an anonymous survey on career and life satisfaction in the legal profession.
June 15, 2026
B.C.’s top court has revived a free speech lawsuit against the University of British Columbia (UBC), saying the plaintiffs do not need to bring an action against the provincial government because the university may be liable for Charter damages.
June 15, 2026
From Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office comes the announcement that Daniel Boone has been appointed the new chief justice for Newfoundland and Labrador. Justice Boone, who is a judge of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, will replace former justice Deborah E. Fry, who retired on Feb. 12, 2026.
June 15, 2026
A sticky situation has arisen in Quebec as two communities have tapped themselves as the maple capital of the world. Plessisville, recognized as the Capitale mondiale de l’Érable (World Maple Capital), is a town located in the L’Érable (Maple) Regional County Municipality and claims to have used its maple moniker for more than 50 years, including registering it as an official mark in 1993. That worked sweetly until Mirabel, a suburb in the North Shore of Montréal, also obtained an official mark designating itself as the Capitale internationale de l’Érable (International Maple Capital) at the turn of 2026.
June 15, 2026
A recent British Columbia Supreme Court decision adds to the developing body of Canadian privacy class action jurisprudence and may be of particular interest to organizations that collect, store or manage sensitive personal information.
June 15, 2026
This Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision (Souris Valley Lodging Inc. v. Edenwold No. 158 (Rural Municipality), [2026] S.J. No. 120) deals with issues relating to municipal law and the methods of assessment, finance and taxation of real and immovable property assessment. Two decisions were appealed by Souris Valley Lodging Inc. that arose from 2021 and 2022 assessment by the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) on two hotel properties.
June 15, 2026
Appeal by appellants from decision dismissing their motion to set aside an ex parte order. The Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) initiated an inquiry into alleged deceptive marketing by Rogers Communications Inc. concerning its Infinite wireless plans.
June 15, 2026
“I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas anymore.” ~ Lou Holtz, American college football coach.
June 15, 2026
Arbitration clauses gained sharper edges in Alberta, thanks to the recent Arsopi v. ARVOS GmbH, 2026 ABCA 49 decision, in which the Court of Appeal treated a Tort‑Feasors Act (TFA) contribution claim as squarely within a foreign arbitration clause and sent the entire third‑party claim to Frankfurt.