May 12, 2026
Canada’s residential mortgage market reached the peak of its renewal wave in 2025 as more borrowers faced rising financial stress while renewing loans at higher interest rates, according to a report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
May 12, 2026
British Columbia’s municipalities and regional districts will soon have new responsibilities under the Emergency and Disaster Management Act as modernized requirements for emergency management will come into effect.
May 12, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has quashed an appeal arising from a court-supervised sale process under the Ontario Business Corporations Act, holding that the order was interlocutory and therefore appealable only to the Divisional Court with leave.
May 12, 2026
Canada has signalled a more coordinated approach to digital-asset regulation with a proposed framework for stablecoins, introduced through Budget 2025 and enabling legislation. The proposal would replace Canada’s current mix of requirements with a single federal regime for fiat-backed stablecoins.
May 12, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault has added Terri-Lee Oleniuk as a partner in its business law group in Calgary.
May 12, 2026
In January 2025, we discussed the Federal Court’s decision in Auberge & Spa Le Nordik Inc. v. Therme Development (CY) Ltd., 2024 FC 1765. In this case, the applicant had sought to strike specific services from the registrations for THERME, THERME GROUP, THERME WOMANS HEAD LOGO and THERME WOMAN LOGO owned by Therme Development (CY) Ltd. (TD), mainly related to health spa resort services.
May 12, 2026
An American poet and critic named James Russell Lowell once said, “The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.” He forgot someone: Big Law lawyers.
May 12, 2026
Appeals by Vancouver School District (VSB) from three orders. Two procedural orders were made by Stephens J. staying the effect of an arbitral award and an order was made by Chan J., setting aside that award and substituting a lower valuation. The dispute arose under a long‑term commercial lease between VSB and Kingsgate/Beedie concerning rent for successive renewal terms.
May 12, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted relief from forfeiture to an applicant who brought an application pursuant to s. 20(1) of the Commercial Tenancies Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.7 (CTA), and s. 98 of the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43 (CJA).
May 11, 2026
The Canadian Digital Regulators Forum (CDRF) is hosting an interactive workshop that will bring together regulators and stakeholders to discuss the growing impact of artificial intelligence across competition, privacy, copyright, telecommunications and broadcasting policy, according to a May 11 release.