Lawyers

• Calgary legal support group calls on candidates to focus on people who can’t afford lawyers

  A Calgary organization is calling on candidates in the provincial election to remove barriers to accessible justice.

  Canada

  May 21
  
• Alberta lawyer requirement to swear oath to king being challenged in court

  Three Indigenous women law students are challenge Alberta's mandatory oath to King in a lawsuit.

  Canada

  May 5
  
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• Lawyers debate whether Nazism led to Holocaust, as Montreal hate speech trial resumes

  The trial involves Gabriel Sohier-Chaput, 36, who faces one charge of wilfully promoting hatred in connection with an article he wrote for neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2022
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• Mulroney wants Université Laval to train next cohort of Quebec leaders on world stage

  Brian Mulroney, who served as prime minister from 1984 to 1993 and is a graduate of Laval, will head the fundraising campaign for the Quebec City university.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2022
• Criminal Lawyers’ Association calling on Ontario for more funding for legal aid

  The Criminal Lawyers' Association says it's set to meet with the Ontario government next week in an effort to seek increased funding for the province's legal aid program.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2022
• Saskatoon resident fights nearly $3K fine for gathering outdoors during COVID-19 restrictions

  "There is no demonstrible justification for limiting the right of people to protest outdoors in Saskatchewan to 30 people, or to 10 people," said the defendant's lawyer.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2022
• Independent review of systemic discrimination at N.S. Barristers’ Society underway

  The society opened the process on April 14 with an apology on the main page of its website saying it acknowledges and regrets systemic discrimination in the justice system.

  Canada

  May 11, 2021
• Tribunal rehears proposal for 2 Homestead buildings on Queen and Ontario streets

  A local planning appeal tribunal rehearing got underway to decide whether two apartment buildings can be built on Queen and Ontario streets.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2021
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• Dad-daughter duo creates podcast to teach criminal law to kids

  A father and his daughter break down criminal law over a podcast for kids to understand.

  Crime

  Feb 23, 2021
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• British Columbia will not impose restrictions on inter-provincial travel, premier says

  "The review of our legal options made it clear we can't prevent people from travelling to British Columbia," Premier John Horgan said in a statement, Thursday.

  Politics

  Jan 21, 2021