April 30, 2026
B.C. has announced that new regulations under the Wildlife Act are now in effect, restricting the use of foot-encapsulating traps, commonly known as egg traps, to licensed trappers to prevent pain and injury to raccoons.
April 28, 2026
B.C. has made regulatory changes to how domestic sheep are classified under the Wildlife Act to better protect wild sheep populations from diseases.
April 28, 2026
In a property ownership case, the Ontario Court of Appeal has held that an appeal from a vesting order was moot once the order was registered on title, despite the appellant pursuing a stay motion pending appeal.
April 27, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Jordan Parmar as an associate in its Vancouver office.
April 27, 2026
The federal government has announced more than $8.6 million in funding over two years for 24 projects to develop services for Black youth, victims and survivors of crime, and individuals navigating the criminal justice system.
April 24, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has certified a national class action alleging that the corporate defendants’ medical devices — cochlear implants surgically implanted for hearing impaired patients — were “risky, defective, and require users to undergo invasive revision surgery to have the device removed and replaced.”
April 24, 2026
The Competition Bureau is warning businesses that participation in illegal agreements for public contracts, such as bid‑rigging and price‑fixing, can result in criminal charges, significant fines and reputational harm.
April 22, 2026
Ahead of the federal government’s spring economic statement on April 28, small businesses are calling for reduced taxes, incentivized investment and improvements in the entrepreneurial sphere, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
April 22, 2026
The Federal Court has awarded more than $1 million to luxury brands Chanel and Louis Vuitton in a trademark infringement case involving counterfeit items.
April 21, 2026
Officially, Correctional Service Canada supports families. The problem is that imprisonment unavoidably damages family connections, often very badly and in multiple ways, and this damage hurts rehabilitation. When you are imprisoned, you are, obviously, apart from your family. As detailed in other columns of mine, visits are very limited, mail is restricted and censored, and phone calls are limited and monitored. Even having photos of family in a cell is not always simple.