Insurance
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December 06, 2024
No Charter breach when police warrantlessly searched text messages in ‘exigent circumstances’: SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed 6-3 an Ontario man’s appeal of his drug trafficking convictions, holding that his Charter rights were not breached because “exigent circumstances” justified police, without a warrant, using a cellphone they seized from a drug dealer to impersonate that dealer and continue his texting with the accused to arrange what police suspected to be a purchase of fentanyl-laced heroin.
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December 04, 2024
Household debt, cyber vulnerabilities main threats to financial stability, say market participants
Over half of investment dealers and portfolio managers are concerned about the stability of the Canadian financial system, according to a survey by Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) with household debt, cyber vulnerabilities, the geopolitical environment and the housing crisis being top concerns.
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December 04, 2024
Ottawa splits off controversial anti-hate provisions from online harms bill
The federal government is hiving off controversial anti-hate provisions from its proposed online harms legislation, in the hopes of being able to enact more speedily other provisions in Bill C-63 that aim to protect children online.
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December 04, 2024
Ontario private member's bill aimed at regulating captive wildlife and zoos
An Ottawa-area MPP has introduced a new private member's bill aimed at addressing the lack of provincial oversight for captive wildlife. The Captive Wildlife Protection Act, 2024 was said to be brought for the purpose of improving animal welfare and public safety, citing dangers posed by “roadside zoos.”
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December 04, 2024
Alberta court rejects three injunctions, grants one in restrictive covenants dispute
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has denied injunction applications brought by a group benefits provider against a former executive, finding that there was no serious issue to be tried with the employee’s alleged breach of certain restrictive covenants.
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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
Ottawa lists Houthis as terrorist entity under Criminal Code
The federal government has listed “Ansarallah,” commonly known as the Houthis, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.
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December 02, 2024
Hot wheels, cold facts: BC Court rules against insured for misrepresenting material facts
Media West Zny Inc. v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2024 BCSC 625, provides clarity on the law regarding material misrepresentations in insurance contracts. The decision emphasizes that while a plaintiff’s lack of credibility or reliability alone may not warrant dismissing their claim for coverage, the inability to provide evidence supporting the alleged misrepresentation as factually accurate can prove decisive against their case.
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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.