June 15, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a township’s short-term rental licensing bylaw, rejecting arguments from a property owners’ association that the regime unlawfully regulates non-commercial activity and effectively bans vacation rentals.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that misuse of copyright remains a novel but arguable defence to copyright infringement claims, rejecting arguments that the Supreme Court of Canada has already ruled out the doctrine in Canada.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has explained why two years ago it secretly issued the first cyber “threat reduction measures warrant” to enable the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to protect domestic critical infrastructure and reduce the threat from two unnamed “foreign adversaries” that had infected with malware certain Canadian servers, small office or home office routers and “Internet of Things” devices (such as Ring video doorbells, security cameras, televisions and other Wi-Fi-enabled appliances).
June 15, 2026
A recent British Columbia Supreme Court decision adds to the developing body of Canadian privacy class action jurisprudence and may be of particular interest to organizations that collect, store or manage sensitive personal information.
June 15, 2026
This Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision (Souris Valley Lodging Inc. v. Edenwold No. 158 (Rural Municipality), [2026] S.J. No. 120) deals with issues relating to municipal law and the methods of assessment, finance and taxation of real and immovable property assessment. Two decisions were appealed by Souris Valley Lodging Inc. that arose from 2021 and 2022 assessment by the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) on two hotel properties.
June 15, 2026
Appeal by appellants from decision dismissing their motion to set aside an ex parte order. The Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) initiated an inquiry into alleged deceptive marketing by Rogers Communications Inc. concerning its Infinite wireless plans.
June 15, 2026
“I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas anymore.” ~ Lou Holtz, American college football coach.
June 15, 2026
Arbitration clauses gained sharper edges in Alberta, thanks to the recent Arsopi v. ARVOS GmbH, 2026 ABCA 49 decision, in which the Court of Appeal treated a Tort‑Feasors Act (TFA) contribution claim as squarely within a foreign arbitration clause and sent the entire third‑party claim to Frankfurt.
June 12, 2026
Canada’s telecommunications regulator has launched a consultation to bring protections for buyers of internet, cellphone, home phone and television services together under a single code.
June 12, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside an order pausing restrictions by the transport minister on certain military aviation activities, saying the judge improperly assessed whether the restriction notice served the public interest.