July 29, 2026
As artificial intelligence grows more capable, human skills are becoming more valuable, not less. For decades, the legal profession around the world has rewarded expertise built on deep research, careful analysis and meticulous attention to detail. Today, AI can perform many of those tasks in seconds, summarizing thousands of documents, identifying relevant case law, drafting contracts, analyzing litigation trends and even suggesting legal arguments.
July 29, 2026
The public often draws only a loose distinction between lawful punishment and unlawful mistreatment.
July 28, 2026
Multiple criminal charges have been laid against a business owner and manager after a Competition Bureau investigation alleged they used “misleading representations to suggest that Canadians could quickly and easily obtain or renew Canadian passports online.”
July 28, 2026
Very recently, in my hometown of Cobourg, Ont., I witnessed police constables evicting several people who had established an encampment in our local dog park.
July 28, 2026
Appeal by appellant from sentence following his conviction for aggravated assault of a police officer. The appellant attacked a police officer with a knife during an unprovoked incident, causing serious physical and psychological injuries.
July 27, 2026
The federal government has invested more than $1 million to support gun and gang violence prevention in British Columbia.
July 27, 2026
Jurors are fallible. Seemingly minor judicial instructions can be misunderstood, leading to a wrongful conviction. Jurors are ill-equipped to weigh medical evidence and are untrained in evaluating evidence at trial.
July 24, 2026
The intersection of psychology and criminal law has seldom posed greater challenges than in cases involving recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.
July 23, 2026
In response to chronic theft, vandalism and “street disorder” in Lower Mainland, B.C., the provincial government has launched the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative (C-POII). The program will monitor repeat offenders and “disrupt street disorder and retail crime in communities” throughout the province.
July 23, 2026
The Northwest Territories has new legislation to better support victims of family violence, including laws that formally recognize stalking, give people greater ability to protect themselves and allow victims to sue perpetrators.