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    Update: "Crane Girl" Granted Absolute Discharge

    If you remember "Crane Girl", an adventure-seeking woman by the name of Marisa Lazo who scaled a crane in April last year, you may have noticed she is in the news this morning.
    CanadaCriminal Law
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
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    The Future Of Firearms: Bill C-21 Proposes Strongest-Ever Restrictions

    Last week, Public Safety Canada released a statement on a hotly contested piece of legislation that could become the strictest gun law in North America. Bill C-21, which was first introduced...
    CanadaCriminal Law
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
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    A Closer Look At The Current State Of Quebec's Nuisance Law

    It has been nearly a decade since the Supreme Court of Canada rendered a landmark decision in Ciment du Saint-Laurent inc. v. Barrette, regarding Quebec's regime for neighbourhood disturbances.
    CanadaCriminal Law
    McCarthy Tétrault
    McCarthy Tétrault
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    Individual Issues Overwhelm Common Issues In A Nuisance Claim

    In Baker v. Rendle, 2017 BCCA 72, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's decision denying class certification of a nuisance claim.
    CanadaLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
    McCarthy Tétrault
    McCarthy Tétrault
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    Woman Rescued From Crane In Downtown Toronto Early Wednesday Morning

    Early Wednesday morning at about 4 a.m. the Toronto Police received a call that someone had spotted a woman climbing up a crane in downtown Toronto, on Wellesley Street between Church and Yonge streets.
    CanadaCriminal Law
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
  • Article

    Update: Woman Rescued From Crane Faces Six Criminal Mischief Charges

    Yesterday's early morning news regarding a woman who scaled up a crane in downtown Toronto has made international headlines from the United States to New Zealand.
    CanadaCriminal Law
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
  • Article

    Challenging The Safe Streets Act

    Gerry suffered from alcoholism and undiagnosed mental health issues, but is a very different person today.
    CanadaCriminal Law
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
    Devry Smith Frank LLP
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    Admissibility Of Police Reports: Rizzuto v Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board, 2023 ONSC 2101

    In Rizzuto v Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board, 2023 ONSC 2011 (CanLii), the plaintiffs brought a mid-trial motion seeking admission of a typewritten police report ("Police Report").
    CanadaCriminal Law
    McLeish Orlando LLP
    McLeish Orlando LLP
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    Smartphones: Equalizers Between Citizens And Police?

    On October 14,2007, the police accidently killed Robert Dziekański when they tried to subdue him with a taser in YVR airport.
    CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    StevensVirgin
    StevensVirgin
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    The New Age Of Cyberbullying

    There has been an increase in cyberbullying with the rise of social media. According to the Canadian government, "cyberbullying involves the use of communication technologies… to repeatedly intimidate or harass others".
    CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
    Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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    Municipality Found Liable for Random Attack: McAllister v. Calgary (City), 2018 ABQB 480 [McAllister]

    In the early morning (1:36 a.m.) of January 1, 2006, the Plaintiff was walking across the Plus 15 (aerial skywalk) at the Canyon Meadows LRT (light rail transit) station when he was suddenly and violently attacked by multiple youth assailants (the "Assault").
    CanadaLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
    CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)
    CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)
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    Municipal Drug Paraphernalia Bylaw - Ultra Vires

    The City of St. Albert has passed an amendment to its Business License Bylaw in 2012 that outlawed the sale of drug paraphernalia within St. Albert.
    CanadaReal Estate and Construction
    DLA Piper
    DLA Piper
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    Have Mercy! Supreme Court Clarifies Mercy Power Under Criminal Code

    In "Burning Love", Elvis pleaded with the Lord to have mercy.
    CanadaCriminal Law
    McCarthy Tétrault
    McCarthy Tétrault
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    Freedom Convoy: Disruptive, But Not A Public Order Emergency

    The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) has ruled that Cabinet lacked reasonable grounds to believe that a national emergency existed when it invoked...
    CanadaGovernment, Public Sector
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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