Pulse
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March 05, 2026
Randall Kahgee rejoins Pape Salter Teillet as senior counsel
Randall Kahgee has returned to Pape Salter Teillet LLP as senior counsel, according to the firm.
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March 04, 2026
Failure of ongoing duties results in lawyer being removed
The removal of a party’s counsel of choice during litigation is a remedy granted only in exceptional circumstances. In some cases, an order removing counsel is issued because of a conflict of interest that has arisen with their own client or another party in the litigation, or because the lawyer or another member of their firm will be a material witness at trial.
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March 04, 2026
Crawley MacKewn Brush adds Mitchell Fournie as partner
Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP has admitted Mitchell Fournie to the firm’s partnership.
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March 04, 2026
Lavery welcomes Catherine Couture
Lavery has added Catherine Couture as a lawyer in its civil and commercial litigation group in Montreal.
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March 03, 2026
Ontario law society mandates Indigenous cultural competency course
Law Society of Ontario (LSO) benchers have narrowly approved a mandatory Indigenous cultural competency course for all lawyers and paralegals, despite concerns it could lead to a repeat of the statement of principles drama that engulfed the law society several years ago.
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March 03, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault adds Anne-Marie Panzini to M&A group in Montreal
McCarthy Tétrault has welcomed Anne-Marie Panzini as a partner in its M&A group in Montreal.
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March 03, 2026
Emily Conte joins McCague Borlack in Ottawa
Emily Conte has joined McCague Borlack LLP as an associate in the firm’s Ottawa office.
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March 03, 2026
OpenAI and the Tumbler Ridge tragedy
Tumbler Ridge is a district municipality located in northeastern British Columbia, established in 1981 as a planned community to support coal mining development. The town has a population of around 2,500 and is notable as Canada's first UNESCO Global Geopark, designated in 2014 due to its significant paleontological discoveries, including dinosaur fossils.
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March 02, 2026
Canada maintains pre-merger notification threshold at $93M this year
The Competition Bureau announced on March 2 that Canada’s pre-merger notification threshold will remain at $93 million in 2026, following the requisite annual review and decision by Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly.
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March 02, 2026
PBO’s analysis of immigration plan forecasts flat population growth in 2026
Canada’s population won’t grow this year under the federal government’s current immigration levels plan, but the number of temporary residents in Canada remains at historically high levels, according to the latest analysis by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), which provides independent economic and financial analysis to Parliament.