Conservatives to shut facility in Ontario, CBC News has learnedThe federal government will close the maximum-securitypenitentiary in , Ont., that opened in1835 and houses some of Canada’s most notorious prisoners,…
AlGhaithy v. University of Ottawa, 2012 ONSC 142, a recent Divisional Court decision, holds that, at least in the administrative law context, a hearing de novo may cure procedural defects…
Sad but hardly unexpected. He was a big part of the lives of people like me — who remember him on flickering black and white screens powered through vacuum tubes……
VAL-D'OR, QC— Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on Holocaust Remembrance Day: "Yom HasHoah is a day of deep reflection for Canada's Jewish communities, and Jewish communities around…
Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 is an extremely important decision as to what court has jurisdiction. Broadly put the “real and substantial connection” test is the…
Apparently certain hospitals in Ontario are withholding the gender of a fetus from a mother to avoid a gender selective abortion. Ignoring any moral issues, is such withholding lawful? No.…
W. Bryant Shears Ltd. v. Sharmat Services Inc. 2012 NLCA 17 is a useful source for the principle that witnesses may be excused for ill health but only where such…
A great post: Teddy Bear Museum
Schwartz v. Schwartz, 2012 ONCA 239 is another decision dealing with the issue of the gifting of property and trusts in the context of domestic situation: As I have said,…
How does this work? Simple — under the Federal Court Rules unless a claim is drafted so as to state a cause of action within the Court's jurisdiction the Court…
Marcus Aurelius Cheery guy that Marcus Aurelius
Asplundh Canada Inc v Rousseau, 2012 SKCA 40 deals with judgments on admissions. In Saskatchewan the Rule provides: The Queen’s Bench Rules Judgment on admissions 247 Any part may, at…
Story hereCBC poll suggests Progressive Conservative trailing WildroseA poll conducted for the CBC shows the Wildrose Party has a seven-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives just a week before the…
