September 25, 2026
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté is thinking about what life after the bench might look like, she tells Law360 Canada. The court’s impactful and most prolific judge, who turned 68 this week with no apparent loss of drive or energy, says she is healthy and still loves the work that has earned her a reputation as a trailblazer and original thinker.
September 25, 2026
An Alberta judge has ruled the University of Lethbridge was wrong to cancel a speech by a controversial academic, saying the school did not properly consider freedom of expression issues before making its move.
September 23, 2026
A Canadian court will once again be at the centre of a lawsuit challenging alleged governmental inaction on climate change, with a judge turning back attempts by Ottawa to quash a lawsuit challenging its record on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).
September 22, 2026
An Ontario man convicted of serious gun crimes has been granted bail as he appeals his convictions — despite the “hostile” political environment surrounding interim release in cases involving serious criminal offences, says his lawyer.
September 18, 2026
Canada’s government has created a firearms boss to serve the country’s three northern territories. On Sept. 17, Public Safety Canada announced that Ottawa has established a “dedicated” chief firearms officer (CFO) for the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
September 17, 2026
It currently takes Ottawa up to 33 months to print a single piece of paper confirming what Canadian law already dictates: that nearly 140,000 “Lost Canadians” are rightful citizens. Yet, as the federal government prepares its 2027 immigration levels, voices are already urging a return to high discretionary quotas. Ottawa must ignore them. Before reopening the economic immigration taps, the government must freeze new intake and redirect its bureaucracy to clear a staggering, self-inflicted crisis under Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025).
September 16, 2026
Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench is now allowing accused persons in remand who are challenging their detention the option of affirming the truth of their affidavits via video appearance.
September 16, 2026
Police need not perform “an exhaustive, confirmatory investigation” to form a reasonable belief that there is cannabis being illegally stored in a vehicle, states an Ontario court in ordering a new trial for a driver who was arrested after police allegedly found drugs in his car and a gun hidden in the gearshift.
September 14, 2026
Like the air we breathe, citizenship is normally taken for granted — until it’s stripped away. I know this intimately. At age 6, Canada revoked my citizenship, despite my birth on Canadian soil to two Canadian-citizen parents. It took 47 years to reclaim my birthright, and when I finally did, it was as an immigrant. The United States — a country to which I never pledged allegiance — granted me citizenship. My own country denied me any say in my destiny.
September 14, 2026
Justice Mary Lou Benotto’s recent review of Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) contains disturbing accounts of antisemitism. Jewish students, faculty and staff describe harassment, concealing their identity and feeling unsafe. Those accounts should be taken seriously, and TMU has an obligation to address them.