Business
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May 17, 2024
Court awards $350K in defamation case involving YouTuber's ‘relentless’ attacks
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered a YouTube personality to pay $350,000 for conducting an “unrepentant” and “unrelenting” campaign of online defamation against a Texas-based business owner and his family.
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May 17, 2024
Obsidian Energy seeks arrest of First Nation leaders over oil field blockade
Alberta-based Obsidian Energy is seeking the arrest of the chief and other members of the Woodland Cree First Nation (WCFN) over a blockade of one of the company’s oil fields by the First Nation, according to a release.
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May 17, 2024
Walrus tsk tsks and other travel alerts | Marcel Strigberger
“The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things. Of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.” Lewis Carroll —Through the Looking Glass.
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May 17, 2024
Ottawa announces construction of new federal courthouse complex in Montreal
The federal government has officially announced the construction of a new federal courthouse complex in the heart of Old Montreal.
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May 17, 2024
Work-life balance for the modern lawyer | Jacob Murad
There are many self-help articles and books for every profession to assist with work-life balance, a trait that has never been more essential to service professionals like lawyers. In today’s smartphone society emails are treated more like instant messages, requiring immediate responses than the letters of old. In addition, the computer is always on your person, whether driving, at home or at work; while this allows for remote capabilities, it becomes much harder to “switch off.”
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May 17, 2024
New partner joins Dentons Montreal
Sylvain Bélair has joined the Dentons Montreal office as a litigation and municipal planning partner, a news release from the firm announced.
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May 16, 2024
Court finds Ottawa’s negligence in applying bylaw to Uber was ‘detrimental’ for taxi drivers
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found that the City of Ottawa was negligent in enforcing a bylaw governing taxicabs after Uber entered the local market and that city leaders succumbed to the ride service giant's “bullying tactics” to allow it to operate.
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May 16, 2024
Canada sanctions ‘extremist Israeli settlers’ for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank
Ottawa has for the first time sanctioned “extremist Israeli settlers” with dealings and entry bans for “the grave breach of international peace and security posed by their violent and destabilizing actions against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank.”
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May 16, 2024
OSC reports $300,000 payment to whistleblower
In a brief announcement, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has reported recently paying $300,000 to a whistleblower who played a key role in helping the regulator uncover misconduct.
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May 16, 2024
3 new office managing partners at Bennett Jones
Bennett Jones announced new office managing partners, Preet Gill, Kwang Lim and Pascale Dionne-Bourassa, to its Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal offices, respectively.