The appeal was launched by Pardeep Singh Chouhan, whose first-degree murder trial had reached the jury selection phase on the same day the changes laid out in the legislation came into force.

In its unanimous decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected a bid by Saied Ghadghoni to overturn his conviction but said his 30-month sentence was too harsh.

Ontario's top court rejected the idea that someone committing a terrorist act could legally be considered to be acting for, or in association with, a group of which the person was the only member.

Bhupinderpal Gill and Gurpreet Ronald were found guilty in 2016 of first-degree murder in the death of Jagtar Gill, who was discovered beaten, stabbed and with her throat slashed in the family's home in 2014.

The decision comes after the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed in March that the sentence is appropriate.

The appeal court says the Ontario Review Board considered all the required factors last year in granting Ayanle Hassan Ali permission to attend Mohawk College unaccompanied while he continues to be held at a secure Hamilton hospital.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario found the judge failed to properly caution jurors on the dangers inherent to eyewitness identification and failed to give guidance on how to assess evidence related to Paul Chafe's reaction to the allegations.

The lawsuit, which claims Uber drivers are employees rather than contractors and thus subject to Ontario's labour legislation, had been stayed earlier this year by a motion judge who found Uber drivers were bound by an arbitration clause.

By granting a stay, there will be 25 wards instead of 47 in the upcoming municipal election as originally set out in Bill 5, the Better Local Government Act.

In affirming the $162,500 in damages previously awarded to Mike Zigomanis, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected an attempt by D'Angelo Brands to argue the images originally shared by the hockey player with his then-girlfriend offended the community.