April 13, 2026
It was a scene one might have expected to see on the popular TV cop series The Rookie. Armin Babic, then 42, of Edmonton committed an armed home invasion on Nov. 19, 2019.
April 13, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada’s spring docket presents the nine judges with a wide range of appeals, including the last cases to be heard by soon-to-retire Justice Sheilah Martin and her colleagues in their iconic 1940s-era Ottawa courthouse, which is slated for a multi-year major update. The Supreme Court’s new spring session, scheduled from April 13 to May 22, 2026, features 14 appeals, 10 of which involve criminal law issues.
April 10, 2026
Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School has unveiled a new million-dollar fund to help support access to justice research and students pursuing careers in the area of public interest.
April 10, 2026
In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack that shocked America, sparking a revolution in diet and exercise that slashed cardiovascular deaths by 60 per cent within decades. Today, Canadian lawyers face a parallel crisis, not in our bodies, but in our brains.
April 10, 2026
On Nov. 17, 2018, 20-year-old Hailey Dugay was fatally shot while sitting in the back seat of a pickup truck travelling on Kuz Road in rural Manitoba.
April 09, 2026
Ontario’s top court has overturned the acquittal and taken the rare step of entering convictions against a man charged with possession of child pornography and child luring, saying the trial judge was wrong to rely on the fact that sexualized messages the accused sent online made no reference to age.
April 09, 2026
Saskatchewan’s law society has listed several upcoming conferences, including one exploring the use of mediation and another highlighting the contribution of Asian legal professionals.
April 09, 2026
According to new research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 50 per cent of Canadian small business owners reported that crime increased in their community over the past year, while only two per cent reported a decline.
April 09, 2026
In a case of numerous alleged human rights abuses and deaths at a Tanzanian mine owned by a Canadian company, the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld that Tanzania was the more appropriate forum than Ontario. Plaintiffs’ counsel and intervener Amnesty International stated that the decision did not advance access to justice. The case may go to the Supreme Court of Canada.
April 09, 2026
It went mostly unnoticed at the time. There was no click on the line nor any strange echo. There was no warning. It was just an ordinary phone call. But this time, it was quietly copied, stored and filed away.