July 24, 2026
The intersection of psychology and criminal law has seldom posed greater challenges than in cases involving recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.
July 23, 2026
Ottawa is seeking public comments on a package of draft tax proposals, including an amendment that would reinstate accelerated capital cost allowances for eligible liquefied natural gas (LNG) equipment and related buildings at low-carbon LNG facilities.
July 23, 2026
Manitoba’s Auditor General Tyson Shtykalo has made 18 recommendations on how the province should improve its preparation of financial information for audit. This came after repeated issues were identified in financial statement audits of public accounts.
July 23, 2026
In response to chronic theft, vandalism and “street disorder” in Lower Mainland, B.C., the provincial government has launched the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative (C-POII). The program will monitor repeat offenders and “disrupt street disorder and retail crime in communities” throughout the province.
July 23, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has affirmed that orders permitting or refusing discovery from class members cannot be appealed as of right, ruling that a chambers judge correctly treated prior appellate obiter on the court’s jurisdiction as authoritative.
July 23, 2026
In 1048977 B.C. Ltd. v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2025 BCSC 1532, the British Columbia Supreme Court was asked to engage in a measure of “crystal ball gazing” as it assessed the lost profits of a restaurant and event venue that never opened and considered whether the insurer had breached its duty of good faith in handling the resulting business interruption claim.
July 23, 2026
Canada’s financial consumer watchdog says it will monitor how the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments implements recommendations from a new independent review, which praised its overall operations but flagged persistent backlog and timeliness issues.
July 23, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Ibrahim Keshta as an associate in its Edmonton office.
July 23, 2026
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has appointed Tim McCormick as national practice chair of mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions.
July 23, 2026
The accelerating development of artificial intelligence, both domestically and internationally, provides important lessons for the responsible implementation of predictive policing systems within criminal justice frameworks. This is particularly evident in the governance challenges associated with algorithmic policing technologies, including regulatory lag, surveillance arbitration, symbolic compliance and weak oversight.