Personal Injury
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December 04, 2024
Manitoba enacts new laws, regulations for amateur combative sports
Manitoba now has new laws strengthening safety standards for amateur fighting sports — thus opening the door to the hosing of “combative” competitions. According to a Dec 3 news release, the province’s Combative Sports Amendment Act and its corresponding regulations came into force Dec. 1.
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December 03, 2024
Removal of right to sue in Ontario bike lane legislation leads to ‘slippery slope’ concerns: lawyers
Municipal politicians and cyclists have expressed strong opposition to Ontario’s recently passed law permitting the removal of bike lanes in Toronto and other cities, but members of the personal injury bar are raising concerns about limitations in the legislation on the ability to sue for people who may become injured or die as a result of the lanes being taken out — which they say could lead to a “slippery slope” of such provisions being included in other legislation.
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December 02, 2024
Alberta to end ‘cash cow’ photo radar on highways in 2025
The Alberta government has announced it will end photo radar ticketing on numbered provincial highways effective April 1, 2025, saying photo radar will be eliminated where revenue is generated with no traffic safety benefit.
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December 02, 2024
Transport Canada faces possible class action over alleged water contamination in Newfoundland town
A proposed class action against Transport Canada has been filed in the Federal Court concerning microplastic forever chemicals found in the drinking water of a Newfoundland and Labrador community.
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December 02, 2024
Manitoba expands electronic monitoring program to smaller communities
Manitoba is expanding its electronic monitoring program to rural areas — along with technology able to alert victims as to the “close proximity” of their alleged assailant.
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November 29, 2024
SCC rules B.C. law allowing multi-Crown class action to recover opioid-related costs is valid
In a groundbreaking judgment that confirms that multi-governmental class actions that reach across provincial and territorial boundaries are possible under Canada’s constitutional structure, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled provinces have the constitutional competence to enact multi-Crown class action legislation.
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November 29, 2024
LSO addresses new working groups, information on confidentiality of investigations
Ontario’s law society used its November Convocation to unveil a new working group focusing on the “long-term future” of the province’s paralegals and to codify rules around the confidentiality of information gathered in tribunal investigations.
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November 28, 2024
B.C., other defendants agree to pay $4.5M to settle 2013 Lemon Creek fuel spill class actions
Class actions related to a 2013 fuel spill in the Slocan Valley in British Columbia's West Kootenays region are nearing resolution with an agreement by the B.C. government and other defendants to pay $4.5 million to settle all related claims.
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November 28, 2024
Ontario labour bill would impose higher fines, accelerate registration for regulated professions
Ontario has introduced workplace legislation that, if passed, would introduce a new mandatory minimum fine for repeat health and safety violations by employers.
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November 28, 2024
SCC won’t hear appeal of minister’s order to send Nygard to face trial on U.S. racketeering charges
The Supreme Court of Canada has denied Peter Nygard’s bid to narrow the alleged offences for which he is to be surrendered by Canada to face trial in the United States, where he faces charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking, transportation of a minor for prostitution and transportation for prostitution.