Pulse
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March 20, 2025
McCague Borlack hires new associate
Juela Xhaferraj has joined the Ontario-based firm McCague Borlack.
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March 19, 2025
Future of Sport in Canada Commission extended
Steven Guilbeault, minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant, today announced the extension of the mandate of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission. The commission is currently undertaking an independent and forward-looking review of Canada’s sport system.
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March 19, 2025
Alexander Holburn hires three new lawyers
Matthew Desmarais, Naomi Krueger and Nicolas Pimentel have joined Alexander Holburn at its Vancouver office.
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March 19, 2025
Are we seriously tackling anti-Black racism? Part two | Hodine Williams
Part one of this series (see below for link) looked at how anti-Black racism has been demonstrated in the legal system. I provided some statistics and examined the cases of R. v. Le, 2019 SCC 34 and R. v. Grant, 2009 SCC 32, which involved police searching individuals.
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March 19, 2025
Working from hell | Murray Gottheil
I was at the receiving end of a rant from a young associate recently, who I will call Mike. I don’t mind when Mike calls me to rant, usually late at night on his commute home from work. He needs to unload, and I am happy to be a sympathetic audience.
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March 18, 2025
Former Saskatchewan attorney general returns to McKercher
Gordon S. Wyant, KC, is returning to McKercher LLP after a 14-year stint as an elected member of the Saskatchewan legislature, having served in multiple roles including deputy premier, attorney general and deputy house leader.
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March 18, 2025
New associate at McKenzie Lake Lawyers
Cristina Tomaino has joined McKenzie Lake as an associate lawyer. According to a statement from the firm, Tomaino will be working out of the Guelph, ON., office.
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March 18, 2025
CUSTODY, PARENTING, AND ACCESS - Child’s age - Capacity or conditions of parents - Conduct of parents
Application by father against the mother regarding parenting arrangements, child support obligations, and related matters concerning their three children.
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March 18, 2025
A lawyer’s reputation | Jacob Murad
Right out of law school there is a general theme that is expressly stated that a lawyer must maintain a “good reputation” — one that reflects well on the individual and also the legal community as a whole. This is furthered in rule 2.1-2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers which states in part: “A lawyer has a duty to uphold the standards and reputation of the legal profession.”
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March 17, 2025
Are we seriously tackling anti-Black racism? | Hodine Williams
Canada loves to tell the world — and itself — that it’s a model of diversity and inclusion. We point to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our multicultural policies, and our reputation as a welcoming nation. We feign and dance around the issue so often as if pretending it doesn’t exist will somehow make it magically disappear.