Justice W. Vincent Clifford will be replacing Regional Senior Justice Jean Legault.
New law requiring municipal approvals for new landfills may make it harder to build new landfills in Ontario
Ontario’s large cities may be left scrambling to find space for their garbage because of new legislation that makes it harder to build landfills in the province.
Appeal granted for man convicted of killing two people in 2016 crash near Young, Sask. Social Sharing
An appeal has been granted and a new trial ordered for a man found guilty of killing two and seriously injuring another in a 2016 crash near Young, Sask.
Former training school students waiting too long for compensation, say class-action lawyers
Lawyers for more than 70 people who claim they were abused at Newfoundland Training Schools in the 1970s and 1980s are asking a judge to rule in their clients’ favour without a trial, saying they shouldn’t have to wait any longer for justice.
Brandon lawyer faces stricter ban on messaging female colleagues
A Brandon lawyer is facing more restrictions on his communications with female colleagues, pending an investigation from the Law Society of Manitoba.
Increases in Ontario family law cases: An anecdotal account.
COVID-19-related separations have been called the tsunami of separations and the avalanche of applicants. A Sept.12 BBC News headline heralded a “ ‘Divorce Boom’ forecast as lockdown sees advice queries rise.”
Sask. teen’s story featured in new documentary examining impact of cyberbullying Social Sharing
The bullying of Saskatchewan teenager Brooke Boutilier began with little things like being left out of her friends group and not being invited to sleepovers.
Federal government broadens eligibility for people coming to Canada on compassionate grounds
The federal government announced changes to its management of the border today providing some relief to families and couples seeking to visit loved ones while increasing some public health measures and strengthening its quarantine monitoring activities.
Killer seeking rare early parole ‘not the same person that he was,’ lawyer argues Social Sharing
A New Brunswick man convicted in 2004 of first-degree murder in the beating death of his estranged wife will have to wait a couple of months to learn if he passed the first phase of his “extremely rare” and complex request to be granted parole 10 years early.
Homicide, hate crime investigation needed into death of Joyce Echaquan, say lawyers
The Quebec medical staff captured in an online video spewing racist insults while treating Atikamekw woman Joyce Echaquan shortly before her death should be investigated by police for hate-motivated homicide, according to legal experts.
