August 10, 2026
Canada has imposed sanctions on a Russian manufacturer of armoured vehicles that are used in Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. On Aug. 10, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada sanctioned Streit Group, effective Aug. 6, under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations.
August 10, 2026
A Nova Scotia man is considering legal action after being found “factually innocent” of child pornography offences that resulted from authorities mistakenly linking him to an online username belonging to someone else.
August 10, 2026
Those wanting to hunt certain types of wildlife in Nova Scotia now have the option of obtaining licences through an online portal.
August 10, 2026
A number of recent Ontario cases have brought me back to a constitutional principle that tends to receive little public attention until confidence in it begins to erode: prosecutorial independence.
August 10, 2026
There is a small but significant trend developing in the professional services marketplace. Although more prevalent in the private investigation field, I am seeing it in law as well. It begins with a familiar word — one that lawyers use constantly and clients fear instinctively: risk.
August 07, 2026
British Columbia’s provincial court has unveiled a new practice direction.
August 07, 2026
In March 1986, Lloyd Perkins was in jail in central Illinois. He disclosed to a fellow inmate (Donald Charlton) that he had murdered somebody in St. Louis a couple of years earlier. Charlton told the police. The police investigated. When they located Perkins, he was in a different jail for an unrelated crime.
August 07, 2026
Appeal by appellant from a sentence of one year’s imprisonment followed by three years’ probation imposed after his guilty plea to possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material (CSAEM). Police found 2,665 images and 126 videos on two laptops under the appellant’s sole control.
August 07, 2026
The University of Toronto’s Investigative Journalism Bureau examined 159 Canadian homicides committed by individuals later found not criminally responsible (NCR).
August 06, 2026
Most transgender women in federal correctional institutions are incarcerated in prisons for men, the Federal Court heard in a recent review of the penitentiary system’s refusal to move a transgender inmate to a women’s prison. The inmate fears for her safety in the maximum-security men’s prison where she is incarcerated.