August 14, 2026
Appeal by appellant (Wife) from a decision setting aside a separation agreement (agreement). The parties, former spouses, negotiated and executed an agreement in 2016 with assistance from a consultant and a family lawyer.
August 13, 2026
Ontario social assistance programs rules have now changed to ensure that “only people who are living in Canada legally” can receive financial assistance from Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), the province announced.
August 13, 2026
Ontario’s top court has issued a decision it says will help to properly interpret termination provisions in employment contracts, but legal observers are saying it creates an environment more favourable for employers than it does for workers.
August 13, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that the registration of a second certificate of pending litigation (CPL) to thwart a property owner’s pending application to cancel the original CPL for a year of litigation inactivity was an abuse of process, despite the bona fide protective purpose of a potentially duplicative second action.
August 13, 2026
Sean Fraser, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced that Justice Gabriel Gaudreault, a judge of the Court of Quebec, has been appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the Abitibi, Rouyn-Noranda and Témiscamingue districts.
August 13, 2026
Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand has announced that Robert Brookfield has been appointed the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation.
August 13, 2026
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal relating to sanctions on a Russian aviation company, saying the minister did not err in determining that its actions helped circumvented sanctions on Russia and "engaged in activities that indirectly facilitate, support or contribute to a violation or attempted violation of the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
August 13, 2026
A foreign national from India being held in immigration detention due to allegations of murder in his homeland and suspected ties to a terrorist group is considering a claim of habeas corpus in his ongoing fight for release.
August 13, 2026
When does consensual intimacy cross the line into criminal assault?
August 13, 2026
Appeal by applicants from decision dismissing their application for judicial review of a decision of the Manitoba Health Appeal Board (Board) denying out-of-province health insurance coverage for lipedema reduction surgery in the United States. The applicants suffered from severe lipedema, experienced chronic pain, impaired mobility and significant functional limitations.