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You are now in the main content area The first law graduate at TMU aims to be a new kind of lawyer By: Irina Vukosavic July 04, 2023 The Convocation ceremony featured performances by two prominent Canadian singer-songwriters – Jully Black and iskwē– and addresses from TMU President Mohamed Lachemi, Chancellor Janice Fukakusa and Honorary Doctorate recipient Kimberly Murray. Photo credit: Kenya-Jade Pinto.On June 27, the Lincoln Alexander School of Law celebrated the first graduating class at its inaugural Convocation ceremony (external link) at The Carlu. The venue, designated as a National Historic Site, was brimming with excitement as graduates gathered with friends and family for the big event.…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksNews Local NewsUnder BC civil law, the value of human life is measured only by the victim’s future lost income if they have dependent children.Published June 24, 2023 • Last updated 5 days ago • 4 minute readDean and Tara Stroup with a photo of their daughter Madeline, who died after a car crash in 2019. Tara Stroup is advocating to change BC’s wrongful death laws to allow families of victims to receive compensation. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO / PNG /PNGsArticle content Tara Stroup lives “one thought away” from tears.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.…

Editor’s note: If you or anyone you know is struggling with mental health there are a number of ways to get help, including by calling Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. A list of local crisis centers is also available here. Peel police are asking members of the public to be on “alert” for items containing sodium nitrite, including hoods and masks, as the investigation into the online sale of the lethal substance continues. In a video posted to YouTube on Friday, Peel police provided an update on their investigation into Kenneth Law, the Mississauga man accused of selling sodium nitrite and other dangerous materials to customers at risk of suicide.…

With wildfires affecting every community in her nation, Grand Chief and Chairperson of the Cree Nation Mandy Gull-Masty said she hopes the Quebec government takes a look at how changes to the French-Language Charter will affect communication and logistics with the 11 communities spanning around 400,000 square kilometers of the Eeyou Istchee (Cree territory). “The French language is something that can contribute to additional communication issues,” Gull-Masty told CTV News. “We are an English-speaking nation for the majority — we are Cree language speakers, our colonial language is English — [and] there has to be accommodation. There has to be a review of certain components of that bill because English is going to be something that’s very apparent in an emergency situation in our territory.”…

The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces a long-delayed security law trial in September.United Kingdom Foreign Minister James Cleverly has revealed that he raised the case of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai with senior politicians in China and Hong Kong, as the UK again criticized Beijing’s crackdown on freedoms in the one-time British colony. Cleverly revealed in the foreword to the UK’s latest six-monthly update on the situation in Hong Kong (PDF) that he had raised Lai’s case with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng earlier this month as well as at the “highest levels with the Hong Kong authorities ”.…

Manitoba lawyers will soon have to take mandatory training on Indigenous rights and history as part of a new requirement from the Law Society of Manitoba. The one-time, mandatory training is a new requirement from the Law Society of Manitoba, which regulates the legal profession in the province, to ensure all lawyers in Manitoba have a common knowledge base on Indigenous issues, said Alissa Schacter, equity officer and policy counsel for the Law Society of Manitoba. The law society believes having this education is a matter of competence, she said. “Lawyers need to have this understanding of the place that we live, its history and the people who lived here prior to European contact in order to be able to assist their clients and represent them effectively,” she said.…

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has forced a Hamilton developer’s employee to resign after misleading investors who gave the developer $19 million for the Buffalo Grand Hotel in New York — but documents from the proceedings state the employee didn’t know he broke the rules and was relying on the developer, Harry Stinson. Stinson, who moved to Hamilton in 2008 and is behind numerous local projects and developments, is still waiting to hear his fate. He said he disagreed with the allegations before the tribunal and continued to work on a settlement with OSC. “There is indeed a more fulsome story to be recounted, but it is best done once we’ve completed the project and proves the point this was a valid project, a valid investment,” he told CBC Hamilton, adding he couldn’t say much more about the case.…

Healthcare law is constantly changing, especially in today’s data driven online world. Healthcare providers have unprecedented concerns related to privacy and cybersecurity as different technologies and threats intersect in ways never seen before. With the growth of cloud computing and electronic health records, more regulations and greater scrutiny have been given to the industry, as hospitals, medical providers and healthcare agencies are liable in new and different ways. The National Law Review covers all legal aspects of the healthcare industry, with expert legal analysis on HIPAA regulations, non-profit organization status, to home health and nursing care abuse. Additionally, the National Law Review covers all aspects of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and its implementation, as well as the various attempts to repeal the ACA and new legislation in the healthcare arena, including the American Health Care Act of 2017.…