The Complete Brief
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April 30, 2025
McLennon Ross adds two new lawyers in Edmonton
Lisa Sirman and Lauren Peebles have joined McLennon Ross at its Edmonton office.
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April 30, 2025
LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - Expiry of limitation periods - Effect of
Appeal by appellants from a summary motion judge’s determination that a claim for membership in the cooperative advanced by Edward was statute-barred.
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April 30, 2025
EVIDENCE - Admissibility - Prejudicial evidence - Confessions and statements by the accused - Voluntariness
Appeal by Ordonio from conviction for first-degree murder for his involvement in stabbing death of Hsin.
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April 30, 2025
Estate law involving older adults: Strategies and advice
Dealing with a file that involves older adults requires a lawyer to navigate a difficult and thorny path filled with dangerous obstacles, adversity and hardship.
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April 30, 2025
Murder appeal focuses on Reid police interrogation technique
It is a common belief that a person would not confess to a crime they did not commit. In fact, people sometimes do. Our judicial system must guard against accepting false confessions. Voluntariness of the statement is often explored to ascertain its truthfulness.
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April 30, 2025
LinkedIn and the peepers
About this time of year in my corner of the world, the tiny frogs known as spring peepers arrive in their millions. And millions. They’re countless, and everywhere.
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April 29, 2025
Court halts Calgary road project pending Supreme Court leave decision
The Alberta Court of Appeal has stayed a decision that would allow the City of Calgary to upgrade a street into a four-lane divided road, pending the outcome of a Supreme Court leave application by a metal recycling business impacted by the proposed construction.
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April 29, 2025
Ontario to amend Highway Traffic Act to give police authority to search, seize vehicle theft devices
Ontario is proposing new legislation to amend the Highway Traffic Act to give police the authority to search for and seize electronic devices intended to be used for vehicle theft.
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April 29, 2025
Toronto company launches legal challenge against federal cannabis advertising regulations
In what one lawyer is describing as a Canadian first, a Toronto-based cannabis products producer has launched a Charter challenge against federal cannabis advertising regulations that it says limit its “freedom of expression and [its] ability to engage in meaningful, competitive commerce.”
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April 29, 2025
Manitoba regulation for prompt construction payments now in effect
Manitoba’s Public Service Delivery Minister Mintu Sandhu has announced that the province’s prompt payment regulation facilitating “timely flow of construction payments” came into effect earlier this month.