August 07, 2025
McDougall Gauley LLP has announced that Jacqueline Sirois has joined the firm as an associate.
August 07, 2025
On the night of Saturday, May 28, 2022, in downtown Prince Albert, Sask., Barry Pruden and his daughter were riding their bikes when a group of individuals confronted them along a riverside path behind the Prince Albert Provincial Court. One of the assailants, later identified as K.R., had a knife and stabbed Pruden multiple times.
August 06, 2025
A constitutional challenge against federal and Quebec regulations that allow Canadian residents to sponsor a child for family reunification only if the child is their biological or adoptive child was rebuffed by the Quebec Court of Appeal in a ruling that underlines the challenges facing Canadian citizens or residents of Muslim faith who want to sponsor a child though kafala, a form of legal guardianship in Muslim law countries.
August 06, 2025
Gerry Crawley, a commercial truck driver operating his vehicle, was convicted of importing and possessing 64 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The drugs, worth approximately $3 million, were discovered in after-market hidden compartments in the sleeper cab of his truck during a secondary inspection at the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey, B.C., on March 18, 2021.
August 05, 2025
The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that the estate of a deceased federal inmate cannot claim damages for the government’s retrospective removal of early parole, which was found to be a violation of the Charter right not to be punished twice for the same offence.
August 05, 2025
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently addressed a particularly unusual situation. In the case of R. v. G.G., 2025 ONCA 574, the trial judge found beyond a reasonable doubt that G.G. committed the sexual assault.
August 01, 2025
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has allowed an application finding that the provincial government’s provisions to reduce gridlock by removing bicycle lanes was contrary to s. 7 of the Charter.
August 01, 2025
According to a CBC report, a Hamilton Superior Court judge has been reprimanded for failing to correct a sentencing mistake.
July 31, 2025
Landlords in Toronto now require a licence before starting repairs or renovations that require a tenant to move out, but a lawyer is saying it may not be constitutionally compliant due to it conflicting with provincial legislation.
July 31, 2025
Baba Ouedraogo was found guilty of a vicious sexual assault of a 15-year-old on Nov. 2, 2019.