April 28, 2026
The Carney government says it plans to make it a criminal offence to operate a cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) and that it will push ahead with controversial amendments to enable “law enforcement” to search and seize mail.
April 28, 2026
Ontario has launched a 10-year roadmap to protect its forestry sector and diversify exports beyond the United States, as steep U.S. tariffs and duties weigh on Ontario’s lumber exports to its primary market.
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
Over the past several years, Indigenous issues and reconciliation efforts have started to move out of the shadows and into the forefront of Canadian minds. However, the heightened attention following the May 27, 2021, media release by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, which revealed a ground-penetrating radar discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, has since steadily declined, despite the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in the legal system, continued inequities in child welfare and persistent barriers to accessing culturally appropriate supports.
April 27, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced plans to establish Canada’s first sovereign wealth fund to support large-scale infrastructure and resource projects while allowing Canadians to participate in the upside of their success.
April 27, 2026
The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta published an agreement-in-principle on March 25 outlining an outcome-based methane equivalency agreement. The agreement-in-principle would permit Alberta’s provincial regulatory regime to operate in lieu of federal methane regulations.
April 27, 2026
Appeal by Mossman from an order that dismissed his conviction appeal, allowed the Crown’s appeal from his acquittals, and remitted several counts for retrial. The appeal concerned whether secondary liability under ss. 121(1) of the Environmental Management Act and 78.2 of the Fisheries Act required the Crown to prove that Mossman, a director, officer, and mine manager of Banks Island Gold Ltd. (BIG), knew of the circumstances surrounding BIG’s commission of various environmental offences.
April 24, 2026
The Ontario government has fast-tracked legislation through the provincial legislature that makes significant changes to the province’s freedom of information (FOI) laws, a move observers are calling “undemocratic” and dangerous.
April 24, 2026
On April 2, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released a landmark ruling in Nuchatlaht v. British Columbia, 2026 BCCA 137. The court granted the Nuchatlaht Aboriginal title to the entirety of the area claimed in the case — approximately 210 square kilometres of Nootka Island off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
April 24, 2026
Young lawyers expect to spend their early years learning how to research, draft, negotiate and advocate in court. Those skills are difficult, but at least they are taught openly. A senior lawyer will hopefully demonstrate how to structure a factum, mark up your work and explain what “good” looks like.