Tightwire was a penal press publication, produced by the women inmates at Kingston Penitentiary Prison for Women (KP4W). The publications ran for several years and was published six times a year with the earliest known publication starting in Here,…
This decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal addressed whether a provincial land titles Registrar properly refused to attached a note of "lis pendens" (pending litigation) to the title of land slated to be developed into recreational…
In this case, the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to assess the constitutional validity of a federal government statute that prohibited the import, manufacture, and sale of margarine in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada held that while the…
In February 2008, during a regular NHL season game, Marty McSorley struck Donald Brashear with his hockey stick with enough force to give Brashear a serious concussion. McSorley was later charged with Assault with a Weapon pursuant to s. 267(a) of…
Memorandum includes descriptions of the Centre of Criminology objectives, members of the executive council, members of the advisory counsel, staff members, research, library and teaching objectives as well as an outline of lectures and conferences.
In the Gold Seal case, the plaintiff was unable to export and import liquor products across provincial lines. The solicitor for the appellant argued that interprovincial trade barriers contradicted section 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867. In this…
In this case, Fred Christie, a Black man living in Montreal, sued the York Tavern after the latter refused to sell him a glass of beer. The case involved the freedom of contract, including the right to discriminate provided that there are no laws or…
