Pulse
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November 04, 2025
B.C. appoints two judges to provincial court
The British Columbia government has appointed Diba Majzub and Megan Olson to the provincial court, effective Nov. 24.
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November 04, 2025
Brain fog and other long COVID problems in the workplace
The pandemic may not be on many people’s radars these days, but those with long COVID continue to struggle with a serious illness that is often misdiagnosed, frequently dismissed and not fully understood.
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November 04, 2025
AI is no substitute for a determined soul
My wife likes to tell the story of the first file she worked on for me when she articled for my firm. (Those were in the days when she did what I told her to do, because I was the boss. Things have changed.)
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November 04, 2025
B.C. appeal decision reinforces court’s focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation
Although public safety is a shared goal, there remains debate over how best to achieve it. The courts generally stress punishment, denunciation and deterrence, imposing long sentences to keep offenders off the streets. In contrast, within the penitentiary system, a different philosophy has emerged: one centred on rehabilitation and reintegration.
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November 04, 2025
When the soul suffers: Why moral injury should be compensable in law
It is a curious paradox of modern professional life that physical injury is readily compensable and psychological injury is increasingly actionable, yet wounds of conscience remain invisible to the law.
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November 03, 2025
Langlois adds Marie-Ève Couturier to insurance law group
Marie-Ève Couturier has joined the insurance law group at Langlois Lawyers LLP.
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November 03, 2025
Logan Maddin joins MLT Aikins in Calgary
MLT Aikins has welcomed associate lawyer Logan Maddin to its Calgary office.
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November 03, 2025
When a lawyer’s hat draws fire
The fight for our basic freedoms also happens outside our courtrooms. What began as a casual breakfast gathering of local men at a downtown Cobourg, Ont., restaurant turned tense when some members of the group objected to a baseball cap worn by the newest member. The faded red cap displayed the slogan “Make America Great Again.” The cap was on the head of Cobourg criminal lawyer Colin Browne, the only Black man present at the meeting.
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November 03, 2025
Articling: Not getting hired back
I didn’t get hired back after articling. I told myself it was for the best and that I would find something I liked better. But as days turned into weeks, something about my mood changed.
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November 03, 2025
Taking back the law society in 2027
The Law Society of Ontario’s self-governance was not taken from us in a single stroke; it has been surrendered gradually through bureaucracy, complacency and the slow drift of professional disengagement. Once, the law society was the instrument of a self-confident profession. Today, it too often serves the comfort of its own administration. The danger is not that government will one day revoke self-regulation, but that we will continue to give it away, piece by piece, without even noticing.