August 17, 2026
The Government of Saskatchewan has appointed five judges to its provincial court: Darin Chow in Moose Jaw, Roger DeCorby in Yorkton, Alexandra Findlay in Saskatoon, Suzanne Lalonde in Regina and Jason Peszko in Prince Albert.
August 17, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has added Madison Kelly as an associate in its Toronto office.
August 17, 2026
Stewart Elgie and Geneviève Morin have been named co-chairs of the federal Expert Taskforce on Natural Capital Accounting and Nature Financing following its first meeting on Aug. 14.
August 17, 2026
Every so often, a judge stops writing like a judge and starts writing like a person who has run out of patience.
August 17, 2026
In May 2026, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSG Sports) (NYSE: MSGS) filed a confidential initial Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its proposed separation of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers businesses into two distinct publicly traded companies by way of a spin-off transaction. The filing follows MSG Sports’ announcement that its board had approved a plan to pursue a potential spin-off and represents a significant step toward implementing that transaction.
August 17, 2026
Justice, Ontario Judge Brock Jones recently reminded us, is not simply a matter of punishment: sometimes it requires looking beyond a troubling criminal record to the illness underlying the offending and asking whether treatment, rather than incarceration, better protects society: R. v. Gowers, Aug. 10.
August 17, 2026
Appeal by appellants from an order granting trial costs to the Attorney General of British Columbia (Attorney General) following litigation challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Medicare Protection Act. The trial, described as prodigiously lengthy and complex, resulted in dismissal of the appellants’ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms claims, which was upheld on appeal.
August 17, 2026
The Law Society Tribunal’s six-month suspension in Law Society of Ontario v. Lee, 2026 ONLSTH 136 turned in part on a factum containing four defective authorities. Three of them did not exist.
August 14, 2026
The Ontario government’s fiscal outlook is largely unchanged in its first update since the 2026 budget, even though the province’s real GDP declined by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of the calendar year.
August 14, 2026
Manitoba has signed an agreement with a Cree First Nation to establish a community court focusing on Cree legal traditions, restorative justice and “culturally grounded approaches” to justice.