June 08, 2026
Procido LLP has welcomed Aun Syed as an associate in its Saskatoon office.
June 08, 2026
Caleigh McMillan has joined McEwan Partners as an associate in its Vancouver office after completing her articles with the firm, the firm says.
June 08, 2026
The Federal Court has blocked the removal of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee previously found to have operated a guest house for an associate of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, been part of the bin Laden network and assisted Islamist extremists in Canada.
June 08, 2026
For many law firm owners, the phrase “work-life balance” sounds noble but entirely unrealistic. The prevailing myth goes something like this: if we just cut hours, push back on after-hours emails and micromanage workloads, balance will follow.
June 08, 2026
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) reaffirmed the single proceeding model in insolvency matters, driven by a desire to avoid the inefficiency and fragmentation associated with multiple separate proceedings.
June 08, 2026
Artificial intelligence is not a “magic toolbox” for conducting legal research.
June 08, 2026
My good friend Felicity had a problem. Her relatives were making comments about how she takes care of her elderly father, who I will call Allan. She gave me the example of an aunt who asked, “Why is Allan still driving?” and expressed her opinion that Allan is too old and ill to be driving. She said it in a way that implied it was Felicity’s fault.
June 08, 2026
Eli Guay was sentenced to hang in 1959 for a planned, merciless killing of an old man who lived in a remote shack outside the city of Sudbury, Ont.
June 08, 2026
Appeal by Murphy from damages award arising from motor vehicle accident, challenging the judge’s use of negative contingency deductions. Liability was admitted. The judge found that the accident caused Murphy to suffer chronic neck and upper back pain, headaches, tinnitus with hearing loss, sleep disturbance, cervicogenic headaches, and residual somatic symptom disorder, but not depression.
June 05, 2026
Manitoba has passed Canada’s first nurse-to-patient ratio legislation to improve patient safety, support nurses and strengthen health care staffing across the province.