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October 23, 2026
Appeal by Erickson, Soucy and Hutchinson (plaintiffs) from a decision granting a permanent stay of their proposed class action. The lawsuit alleged the systemic abuse of attendees of an independent school and church operated by Mile Two Church Inc. (Mile Two) in Saskatoon.
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October 23, 2026
Appeal by SaskEnergy Incorporated (SaskEnergy) from two decisions. Following two unrelated workplace incidents, five members of Unifor Local 649 (union) employed by SaskEnergy grieved management decisions requiring them to undergo drug and alcohol testing.
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October 22, 2026
Taylor Graham has joined Alexander Holburn as an associate in its insurance practice group in Vancouver.
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October 22, 2026
The federal government has announced that it has begun consultations on a new space act, giving Canadians an opportunity to shape its first comprehensive space law.
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October 22, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted Ottawa’s request for leave to appeal Federal Court rulings that held that the federal government wrongly declared a national “public order” emergency in 2022. On Oct. 22, the top court granted the federal government’s leave application and also granted leave to cross-appeal to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF).
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October 22, 2026
The Federal Court has awarded a prison inmate $7,500 in Charter damages, finding that Correctional Service Canada’s failure to provide prescribed medication for his bipolar disorder while he was held in a dry cell constituted cruel and unusual treatment.
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October 22, 2026
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will decrease its average workplace injury insurance premium rate from $1.23 to $1.18 per $100 of insurable payroll in 2027, with more than 80 per cent of premium-paying businesses receiving a rate reduction, according to an Oct. 22 release.
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October 22, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal and a $70,000 settlement in a case relating to a motor vehicle accident, finding that the judge made numerous errors relating to jurisdiction, interpretation and procedural fairness.
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October 22, 2026
Ottawa has launched its first-ever cross-country recruitment drive for the federal benches, in the midst of a lawsuit from the judiciary, in which Ottawa denies having a judicial recruitment problem.
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October 22, 2026
Over 50 academics and scientists from across the country have signed an open letter urging the federal government to reform its major projects law. The scholars, all fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, say Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, raises serious concerns about environmental impacts and risks causing “costly and potentially irreversible harm” to Canada’s natural heritage.
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October 22, 2026
Farzad Forooghian has joined Cassels as a partner in its capital markets group in Vancouver.
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October 22, 2026
Canada’s Express Entry system is undergoing its most consequential recalibration in several years. The 2026 changes operate on two levels: an expanded and more demanding category-based selection framework introduced in February, and a significant redesign of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) that will take effect on Nov. 3, 2026.
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October 22, 2026
Beginning on July 30, 2026, attackers drained bitcoin from wallets secured by Coldcard, a bitcoin-only hardware device manufactured by Coinkite, a Canadian technology company. The theft was traced to a March 2021 firmware defect that produced predictable rather than genuinely random seeds. Across four waves ending on Aug. 3, Galaxy Research traced roughly 1,816 bitcoin, approximately $116 million, of which 1,083 bitcoin went missing in the first 41 minutes.
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October 22, 2026
Lawyers have spent years explaining that finding an answer online is no substitute for legal advice. We are now buying subscriptions to software that finds answers and helps us write the advice. We should probably prepare for a few follow-up questions.
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October 22, 2026
Within the practice of cultural property restitution and estate asset recovery, fiduciary litigators and trust administrators frequently encounter unique administrative challenges.
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October 22, 2026
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is one of Canada’s central pathways for employers to hire foreign talent when no Canadians or permanent residents are available to fill a position. Unlike the International Mobility Program, which is LMIA-exempt, the TFWP requires employers to obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) before a foreign worker can be hired. This LMIA process ensures that the employment of a foreign national will not negatively affect Canadian workers.
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October 22, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving beyond experimentation and into broad enterprise adoption at remarkable speeds. Once confined largely to niche technology companies, research institutions and startups, AI now sits at the centre of many traditional industries, reshaping sectors such as financial services, health care, manufacturing, logistics, energy and professional services, while creating ripple effects across global markets. Statistics Canada reported that AI adoption among Canadian businesses increased from 6.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2024 to 12.2 per cent a year later. By Q2 2026, adoption rates had reached 19.2 per cent.
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October 22, 2026
Appeal by the appellants from the decision dismissing their originating application for the balance allegedly payable under a Services Agreement, and cross-appeal by the respondents from the judge’s failure to decide their procedural dismissal application.
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October 22, 2026
Appeal by the Crown against acquittals of Singh and Grewal. An RCMP officer stopped their vehicle. Based partly on information received from another RCMP member, and partly on observations, the officer formed the belief that Singh and Grewal possessed controlled substances for the purpose of trafficking and arrested them.
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October 21, 2026
Manitoba has set new limits on “above-guideline” residential rent increases landlords put in place for capital expenses. The provincial government is “changing regulations” to cut above-guideline rent increases by up to 40 per cent in a bid to “strengthen protections for renters.”
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October 21, 2026
Sean Fraser, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, has announced that Karen P. Hulan has been appointed a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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October 21, 2026
A new electoral coalition has formed ahead of next year’s Law Society of Ontario (LSO) bencher elections saying the regulator has lost its focus and needs to go back to the basics. The team, which refers to itself as CORE, is focusing on four commitments — focusing on the law society’s core function of regulation of the legal professions, open and transparent decision-making, restored accountability and ethical leadership.
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October 21, 2026
The federal government has announced a new Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Competitiveness and Red Tape Reduction, requiring regulators “to reduce regulatory burden costs by $2 for every $1 added.”
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October 21, 2026
Dementia Justice Canada is urging Parliament to require an independent legal assessment before medical assistance in dying is administered under an advance request, warning that people who have lost decision-making capacity need protection from coercion, undue influence and abuse.
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October 21, 2026
As law firms and in-house teams increasingly adopt and experiment with artificial intelligence tools, there are less obvious risks they need to look out for, including minor shifts in contractual language, inconsistent model behaviour and potential client-data exposure, according to a legal tech expert.