ALBERTA HAS DECIDED THAT CBSA AGENTS CANNOT CONDUCT A SEARCH OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITHOUT REASONABLE GROUNDS. https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/criminal/alberta-court-of-appeal-rules-that-searches-of-electronic-devices-at-the-border-are-unconstitutional/334710?utm_source=GA&utm_medium=20201102&utm_campaign=CLW-Newsletter-20201102&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D
AN INITIAL CONSULTATION SHOULD REDUCE YOUR STRESS AND ANXIETY. https://abovethelaw.com/2020/10/lawyers-should-be-less-serious-sometimes/?utm_campaign=Above%20the%20Law%20Small%20Law&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=98654530&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8dXnbmWxIvG5tAqNW7VWFud4rUxX1M0XgSLKMlDNNMgXuxGylfWgJjlxu6GX01bq6YbxLG-biDSpmY8QDmUR5q2jyL1g&utm_content=98654530&utm_source=hs_email&rf=1
SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS WHO COMMIT CRIMINAL OFFENCES BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-discipline-1.5777218
REVENGE PORN = BAD IDEA https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/local-man-guilty-of-sharing-then-wifes-intimate-photos-with-online-stranger/wcm/cd59b5ad-e970-47ae-8d9e-7ad6a7281c4f?video_autoplay=true
DYNAMIC ENTRY or a NO KNOCK WARRANT – By design, they are high-risk violent assaults. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/22/no-knock-warrants-are-under-scrutiny-in-the-us-in-canada-its-called-dynamic-entry-what-is-this-police-tactic-and-how-is-it-used.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=0B41BB051FF7EA38DB4BDD5E33BA3AB2&utm_campaign=frst_34400
IN THE OLD DAYS, when cops found weed in your car they’d charge you with possession of a controlled substance. NOW they charge you with impaired driving. IN THE OLD DAYS cops needed a reasonable suspicion to demand a breath sample. NOW breath demands are mandatory and arbitrary. https://www.straight.com/news/sarah-leamon-feds-mostly-missed-mark-with-changes-to-impaired-driving-laws
The Milton courthouse is closed. Milton’s beleaguered courthouse was surviving the pandemic. It couldn’t survive mould. https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/21685/closure-of-milton-courthouse-due-to-mould-will-have-serious-impact-says-local-law-association-head
ENHANCED DESIGNATION OF COUNSEL – NEW CRIMINAL COURT PROCEDURE – All criminal law practitioners must read and understand the Practice Direction of the Chief Justice. https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19-old/alternate-form-appearance/
Education and prevention. https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/madd-offering-virtual-program-for-local-schools-2776356
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