June 04, 2026
On June 3, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) issued an alert warning that China’s military intelligence services are using professional networking and online job platforms to target current and former government and military personnel from Five Eyes countries, as well as individuals with access to classified or privileged information.
June 04, 2026
What does it take to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt?
June 04, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador has passed legislative changes that will have the province’s Unified Family Court expanded to the island of Newfoundland. With this, the province’s Supreme Court will have responsibility for all family justice matters “for the island portion of the province” — and in so doing take pressure off the provincial court to allow it more time in dealing with criminal justice.
June 04, 2026
The Government of Prince Edward Island has appointed Jonah Clements as a judge of the provincial court, effective June 3.
June 04, 2026
A New Brunswick Court of Appeal judge, seconded to the Federal Court for a sensitive and potentially far-reaching court case against the Supreme Court of Canada’s registry, has ruled that the top court was not in breach of the federal Official Languages Act (OLA) when it posted on its website its untranslated pre-1970 judgments in their original languages, nor does the statute oblige the top court to translate thousands of historical judgments into both official languages.
June 04, 2026
The Canada Revenue Agency’s increasing scrutiny of charitable donation valuations continues to expand beyond traditional gifting arrangements involving art, pharmaceuticals and software.
June 04, 2026
Appeal by appellant from his convictions for sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching, and indecent exposure to a person under 16 years of age. The complainant alleged three incidents when she was seven, which included sexual touching while sleeping in the appellant’s bed, sexual touching in the appellant’s locked bedroom while watching television, and the appellant exposing himself and telling her to touch him.
June 03, 2026
A failed refugee claimant sent back to Albania for having committed serious crimes abroad — including kidnapping, robbery and using forged travel documents to escape assailants targeting his family in a blood feud — has won a Federal Court order requiring the immigration minister to revisit rejected claims that he is rehabilitated and won’t reoffend in future.
June 03, 2026
K.G. was 17 years old, living with her parents while attending Grade 12. She created a profile on seekingarrangements.com, a website that connects “younger women with older men.” She misrepresented her age as 18 or 19 and matched with Shane Suman, a 47-year-old man who went by the name “Rico.”
June 02, 2026
Ontario legislators are currently debating an omnibus justice bill that the province says will strengthen community safety and victims of crime, but members of the provincial legal community are raising concerns with some of its provisions. If passed, Bill 119, the Protecting Ontario’s Streets and Communities Act, 2026, would — among other things — authorize the OPP commissioner to publish information on a provincial public website about high-risk offenders when a chief of police issues a community notification.