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Saskatchewan to offer tax credits for fertility treatment, small and medium enterprise investment

Province also plans to introduce amendments removing provincial sales tax exemption on vapour products

New Alberta bill to regulate online gambling

A regulator will be appointed to facilitate market integrity and compliance

Quebec national integration bill raises human rights, constitutional concerns: civil liberties org

Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges engagement in widespread, meaningful consultations

Canada asks for extension to keep first-generation limit to citizenship by descent

Immigration minister introduces measure to address delays in passing Citizenship Act amendments

Alberta Court of Appeal grants rehearing of decision amending conditions for gravel pit development

Land tribunal should give parties a chance to address issue of amendments, appeal court says

Canadian Judicial Council tosses out complaint against Quebec judge who rebuked convicted murderer

A CJC panel said comments by Quebec judge Francois Huot were 'influenced by human emotions'

Alberta Court of King's Bench revises policies and procedures for surrogate case conferences

Once called estate case conferences, they strive toward efficient surrogate litigation

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upholds ruling refusing to review arbitral decision due to prematurity

Arbitrator's award agrees with union's interpretation of vacation pay provision in its grievance

WilmerHale and Jenner & Block follow Perkins Coie in suing US government over Trump-era orders

Litigation signals broader constitutional reckoning as elite law firms reject executive retaliation

New Alberta bill to regulate online gambling

A regulator will be appointed to facilitate market integrity and compliance

Quebec national integration bill raises human rights, constitutional concerns: civil liberties org

Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges engagement in widespread, meaningful consultations

Canada asks for extension to keep first-generation limit to citizenship by descent

Immigration minister introduces measure to address delays in passing Citizenship Act amendments

Alberta Court of Appeal grants rehearing of decision amending conditions for gravel pit development

Land tribunal should give parties a chance to address issue of amendments, appeal court says

Canadian Judicial Council tosses out complaint against Quebec judge who rebuked convicted murderer

A CJC panel said comments by Quebec judge Francois Huot were 'influenced by human emotions'

Alberta Court of King's Bench revises policies and procedures for surrogate case conferences

Once called estate case conferences, they strive toward efficient surrogate litigation

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upholds ruling refusing to review arbitral decision due to prematurity

Arbitrator's award agrees with union's interpretation of vacation pay provision in its grievance

WilmerHale and Jenner & Block follow Perkins Coie in suing US government over Trump-era orders

Litigation signals broader constitutional reckoning as elite law firms reject executive retaliation

New Alberta bill to regulate online gambling

A regulator will be appointed to facilitate market integrity and compliance

Quebec national integration bill raises human rights, constitutional concerns: civil liberties org

Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges engagement in widespread, meaningful consultations

Canada asks for extension to keep first-generation limit to citizenship by descent

Immigration minister introduces measure to address delays in passing Citizenship Act amendments

Alberta Court of Appeal grants rehearing of decision amending conditions for gravel pit development

Land tribunal should give parties a chance to address issue of amendments, appeal court says

Canadian Judicial Council tosses out complaint against Quebec judge who rebuked convicted murderer

A CJC panel said comments by Quebec judge Francois Huot were 'influenced by human emotions'

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WilmerHale and Jenner & Block follow Perkins Coie in suing US government over Trump-era orders

Litigation signals broader constitutional reckoning as elite law firms reject executive retaliation

Global firm WilmerHale accused of racial discrimination in Trump proclamation

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