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September 01, 2026
The Ontario government has announced it has issued a request for proposals to begin the process of restoring motor vehicle lanes in Toronto that were previously removed for bicycle lanes. This comes after a Court of Appeal decision overturning the finding that the bike lanes’ removal breached Charter rights.
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September 01, 2026
The Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court has certified a class action relating to the operation of Innu day schools in Labrador, allowing certain claims against the province and Canada for breaches of fiduciary duty and negligence to be tried. The plaintiffs alleged that government assimilation caused harms including physical and sexual abuse and loss of language and culture.
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September 01, 2026
Saskatchewan’s Loreley Chekay, who assumed the leadership of the 40,000-member Canadian Bar Association (CBA) today, says she is striving to move the needle forward on the legal profession’s shared goals of attaining more resources for courts and defending the independence of lawyers and judges.
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September 01, 2026
Private equity is beginning to enter the legal industry with transactions such as Uplift’s acquisition of Dudley DeBosier Personal Injury, Trive Capital’s acquiring Massumi + Consoli, and Morgan & Morgan’s hiring of JPMorgan to explore a private equity sale.
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September 01, 2026
Georgia-Rae Meldrum has joined Duncan Craig LLP as an associate in Alberta.
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September 01, 2026
Vlad A. Calina has joined Fasken as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Vancouver.
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September 01, 2026
Entrepreneur immigration files often contain two narratives. One is commercial: the business plan explains what the applicant intends to establish, acquire or operate. The other is financial: bank statements, tax records, corporate documents and transaction histories explain where the applicant’s capital came from and what funds are actually available. Problems arise when those narratives are reviewed separately and do not reconcile.
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August 31, 2026
Canada has announced several initiatives and commercial partnerships with Chile to advance projects in mining and research and development.
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August 31, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a Crown appeal involving former Toronto Blue Jays stars Russell Martin and Josh Donaldson, affirming that the players correctly excluded contributions to their retirement compensation arrangements (RCAs) from their Canadian-sourced income for tax purposes.
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August 31, 2026
On Aug. 22, the United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on a broad list of Canadian goods under s. 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is a provision essentially unused for the better part of a century.
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August 31, 2026
Linda Chen has joined Lindsay Kenney LLP in its Vancouver office, practising with the firm’s estate planning and business law groups.
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August 31, 2026
I was doing annual minutes for my teeny tiny corporation today, and I got to thinking.
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August 28, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a constitutional challenge to two $20,000 compensation caps under the Canadian Human Rights Act — one for pain and suffering and the other for wilful or reckless discrimination — rejecting arguments that the limits violated successful complainants’ equality rights.
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August 28, 2026
As of Sept. 8, Canada will impose counter-tariffs of 15, 25 and 50 per cent on products drawn from the list of those targeted by U.S. tariffs, with the rate for each product matching the corresponding U.S. rate. The number of tariffed goods has dropped by nearly 200, from over 800 to now 629.
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August 28, 2026
Alexander Holburn has added two associates: Jordan Mario Jutras in Vancouver and Ty Maccagno in Toronto.
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August 28, 2026
Litigator Stefanie Holland has joined Aird & Berlis as the firm’s chief growth officer, leading the firm’s business development, marketing and communications functions and advising on the firm’s growth strategy, with a focus on client experience, business development and service excellence.
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August 28, 2026
Law firms have long served as trusted guardians of highly sensitive information, but the digital landscape is rapidly changing how that data is protected — and attacked. According to a recent legal services threat intelligence report, the legal sector in the U.S. experienced a 20 per cent year-over-year increase in cybersecurity incidents over the past 12 months.
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August 28, 2026
Canada’s productivity debate usually focuses on taxes, capital and permits, but care availability is also an economic variable. According to Statistics Canada, in 2024, 59.5 per cent of Canadian child care centres were operating at maximum capacity, 77.3 per cent had active waitlists and 86.4 per cent reported difficulty filling vacant positions.
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August 28, 2026
It is not often that the Ontario Court of Appeal hands employers and employees each a win within the same week, but that is what happened this summer. And if you act for either side, or, like me, you spend much of your week mediating these disputes and nudging both parties toward a sensible number, the court just gave you two decisions worth reading.
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August 27, 2026
B.C. has announced its collaboration with Tahltan First Nation to work on a foundational agreement for continuing to advance reconciliation and economic development in the northwest of the province.
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August 27, 2026
Saskatchewan has released a new Data Centre Framework that prioritizes projects with Canadian ownership that create local jobs, protect Canadian data and supply their own power, according to an Aug. 27 release.
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August 27, 2026
Airline passengers can pursue contractual claims for standardized flight-disruption compensation before the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) and may assign those claims to third parties, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.
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August 27, 2026
Jade Benson-Poitras has joined Langlois’ business law group in Montreal.
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August 27, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by plaintiffs who alleged they were injured by mesh products made by Johnson & Johnson that were implanted during hernia surgery, upholding a finding that the limitation period had passed despite arguments that they were unaware of any potential defect.
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August 27, 2026
After the death of the testator, it is sometimes the case that a party asserts that the testator’s will contains a mistake that does not reflect the testamentary intentions of the deceased. In Ontario, in certain limited circumstances, the court can “fix” the will by employing the legal doctrine of rectification.