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 16, 2026
A behind-the-scenes bid by federal chief justices to make future recommendations from the federal independent judicial pay commission process binding on Ottawa is on hold as representatives of Canada’s 1,200 federal judges and Federal Court associate judges sue the Carney government for allegedly not giving “meaningful effect” to the work and non-binding advice of the latest quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission (Giardini Commission.)
September 16, 2026
To survive in prison, many prisoners must resort to violence — not because they want to, but because they have to.
September 15, 2026
I was recently approached by email and asked to be interviewed about my latest book on a Zoom call that would reach more than 800 viewers. What troubled me was that the Zoom call was to originate in Dubai. I checked the company before accepting. The Winnipeg Free Press had reported on the venture and labelled it a scam intent on pushing authors to make sizable donations.
September 14, 2026
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has removed 111 foreign nationals from Canada as part of an enforcement initiative targeting people with suspected links to extortion and organized crime.
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.
September 14, 2026
When I first realized I was likely to be incarcerated, I started looking for information about prisons in Canada. It turned out to be surprisingly hard to find.
September 14, 2026
Richard Deveau has been appointed director of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Serious Incident Response Team for a five-year term, effective Sept. 9.
September 11, 2026
Ruling 9-0 in favour of the Ontario Crown’s position, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to impose a presumptive time cap on post-conviction sentencing delays or to make a stay of proceedings the mandatory Charter remedy for unreasonable post-verdict sentencing delay that breaches an offender’s s. 11(b) Charter right to trial within a reasonable time.