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Jose Tenga has worked in conflict zones in five African countries and now calls Calgary home, but still has friends in Sudan from when he lived in Khartoum. “It’s very distressing. These guys are worried about the way the fighting has spread throughout the city. You cannot say there is …
Read More »No fines issued by hospitals under Ontario’s new long-term care law: province, OHA
No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing, the province and its hospitals say. But families and advocates …
Read More »Solicitor general says Ontario policing law should be enacted ‘as soon as possible’
TORONTO — Ontario has not yet put a four-year-old policing law overhaul into effect, which includes allowing officers to be suspended without pay more often, but the solicitor general said Monday he’s directing it be done “as soon as possible.” Michael Kerzner was asked Monday in question period about the …
Read More »Police look for suspect after assault outside Law Courts Building – Winnipeg
Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect after a woman was assaulted outside the Law Courts Building early Friday morning. Police say the 20-year-old woman was walking from St. Mary Avenue and Kennedy Street to the courthouse at around 5:45 a.m. when an unknown man began to follow her. As …
Read More »Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progress
TORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve seen little to no movement. One large city says it is already feeling the impacts …
Read More »Man sentenced after pleading guilty in Edmonton to luring, child pornography charges involving 92 victims
WARNING: This article contains disturbing content. After pleading guilty to sex crimes involving dozens of child victims, a 38-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison by a judge in Edmonton on Thursday afternoon. He will receive 45 months of credit for time he has already served behind bars. …
Read More »Law society begins hearing into Shandro’s conduct
Alberta’s Justice Minister is going in front of a Law Society of Alberta hearing to answer allegations of breaking the lawyers’ code of conduct. The trio of allegations against Tyler Shandro stem from his time as health minister early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The first alleges Shandro “behaved inappropriately” when …
Read More »Humans want to mine the moon. Here’s what space law experts say the rules are
Mining the moon might sound like a concept that belongs in a science fiction novel, but it’s likely to be a part of reality in the not-so-distant future. That’s made it a hot topic of discussion among space lawyers — yes, there are space lawyers — on Earth. When Michelle …
Read More »Callers reporting misconduct to helpline were referred to law firm chosen by Hockey Canada
For the last three years, callers to the federal government’s Canadian sport helpline who wanted to report bad experiences in hockey were referred to either a law firm or an insurance claims adjuster chosen by Hockey Canada, CBC News has learned. When the telephone service launched in March 2019, Sport …
Read More »How the legal community is using TikTok to make understanding the law less daunting
TikTok was not exactly the first choice for Michael DeRosenroll when considering how to reach people to inform them about human rights law. “But when I looked into it, I started specifically looking at how other lawyers are using TikTok,” the St. Albert-based lawyer said. “I thought I could … tell entertaining …
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