Criminal

  • April 30, 2026

    Social media review for visa applicants and travellers: An update

    Increasingly, U.S. government entities appear to be utilizing technology to screen visa and other immigration benefit applicants. In some cases, this has become very public and transparent. For example, most people are aware that phones and other electronic devices can be screened when coming into the United States.

  • April 29, 2026

    Sex assault appeal decision: Properly equipped jury must be accurately and sufficiently instructed

    Michael Morris was convicted of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching by a jury in 2023. He was sentenced to 1,816 days (just short of five years, with credit for pretrial custody) in a penitentiary, plus ancillary orders.

  • April 29, 2026

    SENTENCING - Procedure

    Appeal by Morris from his convictions for sexual assault, sexual interference, and invitation to sexual touching, and from the resulting sentence. The complainant, N.B., was between 12 and 13 when the alleged incidents occurred, and Morris was a friend of N.B.’s stepfather.

  • April 29, 2026

    B.C. Court of Appeal weighs executive’s responsibility in environmental infractions

    On what basis can an officer and director of a corporation be held personally liable when the business they run breaks the law? Benjamin Mossman was a businessman who was personally charged with infractions incurred by the company he ran.

  • April 28, 2026

    Ottawa’s economic update proposes apprentice wage subsidies, tax & criminal changes to build ‘Canada Strong’

    The Carney government says it plans to make it a criminal offence to operate a cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) and that it will push ahead with controversial amendments to enable “law enforcement” to search and seize mail.

  • April 28, 2026

    B.C. unveils new regulations on gun violence, organized crime

    The B.C. government has outlined new regulations on firearms aimed at curbing gun violence and keeping communities safe.

  • April 28, 2026

    Saskatchewan investing $17.2M in First Nations alternative justice

    Saskatchewan is giving millions of dollars to support restorative justice measures used by Indigenous communities. According to an April 27 news release, the province is providing $17.2 million over the next four years to more than 20 First Nations, tribal councils and community-based organizations that deliver “alternative measures and extrajudicial sanctions programs.”

  • April 28, 2026

    Ontario Appeal Court upholds law limiting THC in the bloodstream while driving

    An Ontario man who killed a mother and her three daughters in a car crash has had his appeal dismissed by the province’s top court, turning back his attempt to have Canada’s law on THC levels in the blood while driving declared unconstitutional.

  • April 28, 2026

    Scams and AI: An urgent legal matter

    Never has there been a more pressing need to reevaluate and reform labour law to encompass digital literacy, particularly at a time when AI tools are being deployed at an industrial scale for cyber-enabled fraud.

  • April 28, 2026

    Cultural humility and empathy in the legal profession

    Over the past several years, Indigenous issues and reconciliation efforts have started to move out of the shadows and into the forefront of Canadian minds. However, the heightened attention following the May 27, 2021, media release by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, which revealed a ground-penetrating radar discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, has since steadily declined, despite the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in the legal system, continued inequities in child welfare and persistent barriers to accessing culturally appropriate supports.

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