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October 16, 2026
Robins Appleby has welcomed Michael Robson to its litigation and dispute resolution group in Toronto.
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October 16, 2026
Marco Lippi has joined Pallett Valo’s business law practice in Mississauga, Ont.
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October 16, 2026
Lenczner Slaght has appointed Hannah Kingdom as manager of legal talent, student recruitment and development in Toronto.
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October 16, 2026
Does anybody think Humpty Dumpty took his fall off the wall lying down? No way. Mr. Dumpty actually commenced a lawsuit seeking compensation as a result of injuries suffered. I recently came across a copy of a little-known decision of the High Court of Wonderland, which I would like to share.
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October 16, 2026
The campaign for the upcoming Law Society of Alberta (LSA) bencher election begins in earnest Oct. 20 when candidates will be able to begin reaching out to their colleagues.
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October 16, 2026
On Oct. 15, the Manitoba government introduced the Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act (BITSA 2), which has measures to help keep Manitoba Hydro rates affordable and improve accountability and transparency in the province’s financial reporting.
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October 16, 2026
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) has written an open letter urging the federal government to substantially amend the proposed First Nations Clean Water Act to guarantee First Nations’ access to clean drinking water and recognize their jurisdiction over water sources beyond reserve boundaries.
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October 16, 2026
Here is a version of a departure announcement that a lawyer recently posted on LinkedIn, which I have rewritten slightly to recast it as if he were getting divorced:
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October 16, 2026
Appeal by the Crown from the order quashing the respondents’ convictions for receiving a material benefit from sexual services, procuring and advertising sexual services, and ordering new trials.
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October 16, 2026
The Manitoba Court of Appeal has upheld a sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community for a man convicted of criminal harassment, unlawfully entering a dwelling house, sexual assault and assault against his former intimate partner (R. v. B.S.H., 2026 MBCA 70). The decision recognizes the seriousness of domestic and sexual violence while reaffirming the deference owed to sentencing judges.
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October 16, 2026
As we discussed in the first article in this series, Canada’s economy depends heavily on immigration, and corporations play a central role in shaping the flow of talent into the country. In that regard, Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) give provinces and territories the ability to select immigrants who meet their local labour-market needs.
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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.