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Supreme Court of Canada

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Type: Organization

Name: Supreme Court of Canada

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Canada's Powerful, Obscure, Broken Copyright Board

Not working: Decisions by Canada's Supreme Court show Copyright Board needs an overhaul.With the latest phase of Canadian copyright reform now complete, the government may soon turn to the question of what comes next. Given last year's major legislative ... [Published TheTyee.ca - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Canada, Supreme Court, Powerful, Canadian Association of Film Distributors

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

AbitibiBowater Incorporated

Polluter Pays: Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc.

AbitibiBowater mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo: William Munoz. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license.On December 7, the Supreme Court of Canada is expected to announce a decision on the case of Newfoundland ... [Published Friends of the Earth Canada - 11 hours ago]

Entities: AbitibiBowater Incorporated, Supreme Court of Canada, North American Free Trade Agreement

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Patriating the Constitution and the Charter

The recent flurry about patriating the Canadian constitution has brought back a flood of memories, and some reflections.Pierre Trudeau, Frank Scott and Bora Laskin were friends in the 1950s and '60s, all three law professors and advocates of the need ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Bora Laskin, Pierre Trudeau, Supreme Court of Canada, Ed Broadbent

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

New Brunswick woman charged with concealing body of dead infant

Moncton - The 30-year-old was arrested Friday in relation to the body of a baby boy found in a snowbank near Moncton, New Brunswick in 2009. Christine Margaret Wood appeared in provincial court yesterday via telephone link, the day after she was arrested ... [Published Digital Journal - May 19 2013]

Entities: Moncton (Canada), Acquittal, Investigation, Supreme Court of Canada

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Supreme Court of Canada

Canadian Cellphone Users May Get Justice Over Phantom Charges

Entities: Cellphone, Bell Mobility, Whitehorse (Canada), Supreme Court of Canada

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Supreme Court of Canada focuses attention on the collective and individual aspects of aboriginal and treaty rights

The forestry company Moulton Contracting obtained licences from the British Columbia government to harvest timber on two tracts of land in the territory of the Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN), which was a signatory of Treaty No. 8 in 1899. The Behn family, ... [Published Norton Rose - May 18 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court of Canada, Infringement, courts, Supreme Court, Abuse

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 7 reports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

UPDATED: Supreme Court upholds mother's acquittal in Prince Albert Walmart baby case

The Supreme Court of Canada decided to uphold the acquittal of a mother who left her newborn child in a Prince Albert Walmart washroom in 2007, dismissing a Crown appeal.In a five-to-two vote, the Supreme Court agreed with the reasons for the acquittal ... [Published News Talk 650 CKOM - May 17 2013]

Entities: Acquittal, Prince Albert of Monaco, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Supreme Court

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

It’s time to admit the Copyright Board is broken: Geist

With the latest phase of Canadian copyright reform now complete, the government may soon turn to the question of what comes next. Given last year’s major legislative overhaul and the landmark series of copyright decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada, ... [Published Toronto Star Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Copyright Board of Canada, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Canada, market-driven, Evidentiary

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Canadian Court Dismisses Lilly Patent Appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada has denied a request by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) to appeal a decision that invalidated a key patent. Bloomberg reports the court's ruling involves the schizophrenia drug Zyprexa. ... [Published Inside INdiana Business - May 17 2013]

Entities: Eli Lilly & Company, Patent, Supreme Court of Canada, Zyprexa

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Court upholds investigation powers of ASC

Alberta Securities CommissionAn Alberta judge has upheld provisions that allow the province's securities regulator to compel suspects to hand over documents and records during an investigation.Provincial Court Judge Harry M. Van Harten has dismissed a ... [Published Investment Executive - May 16 2013]

Entities: Alberta Securities Commission, Investigation, Supreme Court of Canada, Admissible, Corroboration

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Supreme Court to rule on case of mom who left newborn baby in Walmart toilet

April Dawn Halkett arrives at court in Prince Albert, Sask., Wednesday, June 24, 2009 for the verdict in her child abandonment trial. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to decide the fate of Halkett, a Saskatchewan woman who gave birth in a Walmart bathroom ... [Published Whistler Question - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Canada, Prince Albert of Monaco

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 4 reports

Appeal denied in Cowboys murder

Tyler Lee Nolet leaves court in this undated photo.Share:Text:Colleen Schmidt, CTV CalgaryA Calgary man convicted of murder for bashing another man to death with a toilet-tank lid will not get a new trial.The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear Tyler ... [Published CTV News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Homicide, Calgary, Supreme Court of Canada, Second-degree murder

Quotes

...The copyright collectives warned a House of Commons committee that the bill would "eliminate the revenues authors and publishers now received from broadcasters when reproductions of musical works are made and used for broadcasting purposes."

Canada's Powerful, Obscure, Broken Copyright Board [Published TheTyee.ca - 5 hours ago]

...The latter would see a number of MPs based on a party's share of the popular vote. "Surely to goodness in Canada the days of getting 40 per cent of the vote and 100 per cent of the power are over." Only four times since the First World War has a government in Canada been elected with more than 50 per cent of the popular vote...

Second Thoughts on Senate Elections [Published Canadian Content - May 19 2013]

An anonymous reader writes "For years, Bell Mobility customers in northern Canada were charged 75 cents a month for 911 emergency service. The problem is that cellphone users outside Whitehorse, Yukon, don't have access to 911 service. The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories ruled against Bell this week, following a class action lawsuit which challenged the phantom cellphone 911 billings. Subject to a possible final appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, Bell will likely owe 30,000 northern cellphone subscribers some bucks."

Canadian Cellphone Users May Get Justice Over Phantom Charges [Published Slashdot - May 19 2013]

"We're pleased the court ruled in our favour on the main issues certified for trial, and found that Bell Mobility is not required to provide live 911 operators. That is the responsibility of local governments" he said in an email

Bell Mobility to appeal ruling in 911 lawsuit [Published CBC - May 18 2013]

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Second Thoughts on Senate Elections [Published Canadian Content - May 19 2013]
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Supreme Court of Canada focuses attention on th... [Published Norton Rose - May 18 2013]
Bell Mobility to appeal ruling in 911 lawsuit [Published CBC - May 18 2013]
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Canada’s Supreme Court Requires Aboriginal Grou... [Published JD Supra - May 18 2013]
UPDATED: Supreme Court upholds mother's acquitt... [Published News Talk 650 CKOM - May 17 2013]
Mom who left newborn in toilet not guilty of ch... [Published Digital Journal - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Sask. mom wh... [Published National Post - Top Stories - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court upholds acquittal of mom in Wal-M... [Published Canadian Content - May 17 2013]
It’s time to admit the Copyright Board is broke... [Published Toronto Star Online - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court upholds mother's acquittal in Pri... [Published News Talk 980 CJME - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court upholds mother's acquittal in Pri... [Published News Talk 650 CKOM - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court to rule on case of mom who left n... [Published Birmingham Star - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court upholds acquittal of mom who left... [Published Squamish Chief - May 17 2013]
Supreme Court upholds acquittal of mom who left... [Published 610 CKTB - May 17 2013]
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Khan Resources loses $964,000 in Q2 [Published Stockwatch - May 17 2013]
SCC Rules Roadblock an Abuse of Process Where L... [Published JD Supra - May 17 2013]
Canadian Court Dismisses Lilly Patent Appeal [Published Inside INdiana Business - May 17 2013]
Raising a Stink: Residents win court battle but... [Published Newsdurhamregion.com - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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Even if alleged video of Rob Ford smoking crack... [Published National Post \| News » Posted Toronto - 11 hours ago] Now that a holiday weekend has passed with barely a word from the mayor of Canada’s largest city on allegations that he has been caught on video smoking crack, Toronto’s political future seems eerily uncertain. Something has to give, but in this moment ...
NEWS: Crown drops Supreme Court appeal; Bishop ... [Published Nunatsiaq News - Online - May 14 2013] A Nunavut man convicted in June 2010 — following a jury trial held in Iqaluit — on three counts of second degree murder and two counts of attempted murder will get a new trial that will take place in Nunavut.Chris Bishop, 27, who has been in custody since ...
Time to restore the equilibrium between public ... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Executive - May 14 2013] The right to strike against the public interest does not exist. — Maurice Duplessis “Union rules standardize, regiment, stifle initiative, discourage enterprise and concentrate power to intimidate and influence political decision-making in the hands ...
Conrad Black: An insult to history’s real feder... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 11 2013] As someone who generally has followed the political events and personalities of many countries for about 50 years, I must rank NDP deputy leader Megan Leslie’s defence of her chief, Thomas Mulcair — published in this newspaper on May 7 — to be an historic ...
Cordy, Moore & Mercer: The NDP’s cynical brand ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 09 2013] NDP Deputy Leader Megan Leslie’s op-ed (“The New Democrats’ Federalist Mission: Part of Creating Winning Conditions for Canada is Listening to Quebecers”), which appeared in the May 7 edition of the National Post , deserves a response. Far from being ...

Press Releases

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John McKeown, Counsel, Goldman, Sloan, Nash and... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 16 2013]
Women's Equality Groups Intend to Bring a Uniqu... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 01 2013]
Legislation Responding to Supreme Court Decisio... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 27 2013]
Elderly Victims of Fraud to get their day at th... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Mar 23 2013]
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