News by subject: LAW/LEGAL ISSUES

In a judgment released early this morning, Justice Edward Belobaba found the province's recent cuts to Toronto City Council to be unconstitutional.  Justice Belobaba concluded that drastically reducing the number of wards midway through the election...

Dalradian Resources Inc. ("Dalradian" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a final order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) approving the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Transaction")...

The Toronto Real Estate Board respects the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to not grant leave to hear TREB's appeal.  The Order of the Tribunal will come into effect in 60 days time, unless it is modified. As noted by the Supreme Court of...

The United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) is celebrating a decision by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) to dismiss a London, Ontario employer's attempt to pit the Charter against the province's Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act....

BELGRAVIA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INC. ("Belgravia") today issued an open letter to the shareholders of Tartisan Nickel Corporation ("Tartisan" or the "Company") notifying them that Belgravia will be attempting to replace the entire board of...

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT," or "Partners") announced today that the REIT will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2018 after the market close on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. A press release summarizing these...

Cannabix Technologies Inc., (the "Company or Cannabix") the developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace provides the following statement related to the government of Canada's authorization of roadside...

Ucore Rare Metals, Inc. ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to comment on the filing of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (FY19 NDAA) by the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the US House of Representatives. ...

During the Council of the Federation meeting in Saint Andrews, N.B., labour leaders from across the country united to deliver a message to Canada's Premiers ? collaboration is critical.   "Canada's Premiers will soon be asked to support a...

NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has agreed to testify on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (the "Committee") on its Elk Creek, Nebraska...

MPX Bioceutical Corporation ("MPX" or the "Company") released the following statement in response to the decision by the Arizona Court of Appeals rendered on June 26, 2018 affirming the Yavapai County Superior Court decision convicting Rodney...

A recent Supreme Court ruling will limit the cross-country flow of beer?and other goods and services?for Canadians this Canada Day long weekend and beyond, confirms a report released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan...

CNIB applauds the Government of Canada for tabling historic accessibility legislation aimed at breaking down barriers for Canadians with disabilities. Bill C-81, known as the Accessible Canada Act, will ensure more than 500,000 Canadians living with...

Westwater Resources, Inc. ("Westwater," or the "Company") , an energy materials development company, announced today that it received notification from the Generate Directorate of Mining Affairs, a department of the Turkish Ministry of Energy and...

Canada has reached the half-way mark in becoming a cruelty-free cosmetics market with a final endorsement of Bill S-214, the Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act, by the Senate. The proposed legislation, which would prohibit both domestic animal testing for...

Now that the House of Commons has sent the marijuana legalization bill back to the Senate and approval moves ever closer, the federal government faces a call from small businesspeople across Canada to fix inconsistent branding and packaging rules...

With the imminent legalization of marijuana, a new public opinion poll shows that nearly 9 out of 10 of Canadians support applying the current branding and packaging regulations to both tobacco and marijuana cigarettes. In light of these findings,...

In a precedent setting decision, the B.C. Labour Relations Board declared Friday that CLAC's contract with Best Service Pros is invalid.   "This is a good day for justice," exclaimed Roshawn Nicholson, a Best worker from UBC-Okanagan and one of the...

In a precedent setting decision, the B.C. Labour Relations Board declared Friday that CLAC's contract with Best Service Pros is invalid.   "This is a good day for justice," exclaimed Roshawn Nicholson, a Best worker from UBC-Okanagan and one of...

Canada Carbon (the "Company") (FF:U7N1) announces that yesterday a pre-hearing conference call was held with Judge Gilles Reny of the Quebec Administrative Tribunal (the "QAT") along with counsel for the CPTAQ and GSLR. Ms. Isabelle Ouellet,...

Today, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) released its fishery management approach for Northern cod, allowing a catch level of up to 9,500 metric tonnes. This approach goes against scientific advice to reduce fishing pressure to the lowest possible...

Eight First Nations along the Skeena River watershed stand together to close the freshwater and marine recreational fisheries, and oppose recent actions by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Province of British Columbia, in response...

Canada Carbon (the "Company") (FF:U7N1) today filed in the Superior Court of Quebec its action for $96 million in damages against the Municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge ("the Municipality"), and served the Municipality with a copy of the...

Rainy Day Investments Ltd. ("RDI"), which has proposed a slate of seven highly-qualified Canadian nominees for election as directors of DAVIDsTEA Inc. ("DAVIDsTEA") at the annual meeting to be held on  June 14, categorically rejects and will...

The impact of cancer on the life of a child and their family is devastating. To support those in the community touched by the disease, the Niagara Regional Police Service, Hamilton Niagara Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Niagara Emergency...

The following statement is being issued by Sotos LLP, Koskie Minsky LLP, Siskinds LLP, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman and Siskinds Desmeules, s.e.n.c.r.l. ("Class Counsel") regarding the Canadian FX Price-Fixing Class Action. To: All Persons in...

Steven G. Day NTP, president of the American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, will testify June 6 before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit during a...

Glance Technologies Inc. (FKT:GJT) ("Glance" or the "Company") today commented for the second time on certain unfounded allegations cited by dissident shareholder Penny Green against Glance's Chief Executive Officer Desmond Griffin. Glance notes...

UNITED SIKHS today announced open enrollment for the 2018 Advocacy and Humanitarian Aid Academy (AHAA) Summit. This annual program hosts the next generation of human rights advocates for a week of engaging civic courses, meetings with elected...

Marc-André Le Gris, municipal councilor and president of the legal and regulatory affairs, urbanism, human resources, and communications committees of the municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge ("GSLR"), has just been declared a vexatious litigant by...

World Wildlife Fund Canada is thrilled to see one of Canada's longest wild rivers protected from future development through the creation this week of new provincial parks in Alberta. WWF-Canada recently identified the Birch River as one of the...

Canada Carbon (the "Company")   (FF:U7N1) ? As reported on April 9, 2018, attorneys for Grenville-sur-la-Rouge ("GSLR") asked the Superior Court to allow GSLR to conduct an hydrogeological assessment of the Miller Project in the context of the...

On Monday of this week, precedent was set when a 32-year-old Peterborough man was convicted of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act. On May 14, 2018, Deep Bista pled guilty in a Peterborough Provincial Offences Court to three counts of causing...

A mink ranch in southwestern Ontario has been charged with 14 counts of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act following an investigation into its treatment and care of mink on the farm. The Ontario SPCA launched an investigation in February...

The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) strongly condemns the government's tabling of back-to-work legislation aimed at striking academic workers represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903 (CUPE 3903)...

Badger Daylighting Ltd. (the "Company" or "Badger") is pleased to report that the Company has received written confirmation from the Alberta Securities Commission (the "ASC") that it has concluded its investigation into allegations by short sellers,...

On behalf of its more than 1,400 members across British Columbia, the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. (TLABC) is deeply disappointed with the Government of B.C.'s decision to table legislation to put caps on what the Insurance Corporation of...

Blockchain Power Trust ("Blockchain Power" or the "Trust") announced today that it anticipates the filing of its annual financial statements, management's discussion and analysis and related officer certifications for the financial year ended...

Canada Carbon (the "Company")   (FF:U7N1) announces that on April 17th, 2018, the Company agreed to provide a judicial deposit in the amount of $8,500 to be held in trust by its legal counsel to secure the legal costs (excluding attorney fees) in the...

NAV CANADA today announced the conclusion of the collective bargaining cycle between NAV CANADA and UNIFOR Local 1016. UNIFOR Local 1016 represents approximately 270 employees involved in providing flight planning services, simulation support for air...

Centerra Gold Inc. announced today that it has agreed with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to extend the First Longstop Date under the Strategic Agreement for Environmental Protection and Investment Promotion previously entered into with the...

GoldQuest Mining Corp. (BERLIN:M1W) ("GoldQuest" or the "Company") reports that it has received the written decision of the Penal Chamber of the First Instance Court of the Judicial District of San Juan de la Maguana (the "Court") in response to a...

Greenstone Resources II L.P. ("Greenstone") announces that, further to its announcement on March 23, 2018, it has subscribed for 297,759,419  ordinary shares of Serabi Gold PLC ("Serabi"), a company listed on AIM and the TSX, at a price per ordinary...

A new paper by the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) explores how prevalent the issue of sexual harassment is in Canadian workplaces, and makes recommendations to business and government leaders to combat and prevent harassment within...

Law professor Alain Roy of the Université de Montréal has made public the observations and analyses conducted by Dr. Jean-Jacques Kona-Boun, DMV, MSc, DACVAA, veterinarian and anesthesiologist on the video database of 20 full rodeos, recorded in...

The Disciplinary Council of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec rendered its decision on guilt and sanction in the case of Louis Farley, who will be struck from the OIQ's roll for a period of 20 months and fined $25,000. Mr. Farley was found...

On March 5, 2018, the Ontario Network of C/YACs reached out to all sitting Members of Provincial Parliament to make them aware of a critical need for funding. Child and youth victims of abuse need support now. With over 200,000 child welfare...

Network-1 Technologies, Inc. announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued its decision in the appeals of four Final Written Decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board ("PTAB") of...

Westwater Resources, Inc. ("WWR" or "Westwater") is pleased to announce that, on March 23, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Texas issued a unanimous (8-0) decision favorable to Westwater in its long-running lawsuit between a Westwater...

The Senate of Canada decision to delay further debate on crucial impaired driving legislation for two months is unacceptable and puts the safety of Canadians at risk. "We are extremely disappointed that the Senate is delaying its work on Bill C-46,"...