Wise Law's Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of October 19, 2026

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of October 19, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 19, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Canada backs International Criminal Court after U.S. imposes sanctions 

• Premier who oversaw Canada's first medically assisted dying law says he worries it's gone too far 
  
  
• Stelco says Hamilton layoffs still happening despite Ottawa's threats of legal action 
  
  
• Man facing arson charge after hundreds of Israeli flags torched at Toronto church: police 
  

• Toronto cyclists ask Canada's top court to weigh in on Ford's bike lane removal plan 
  

• Supreme Court hears challenge of law clearing path for Ontario Place redevelopment 
  

• Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been wagered on Ontario municipal races via prediction markets 
  

• Waymo to launch first phase of driverless taxi testing in Toronto 'in the coming days' 
  

• Supreme Court decision says sexual history relevant in some cases 
  

• Here's why some people say the 2-day weekend is due for a makeover 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of October 13, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 13, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• 'This is not reconciliation,' judge says, scolding Canada for dragging feet on First Nations land debt deal
  
  
• Works by Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Ryan North among books banned in U.S. schools 
  

• Ontario refers OSAP concerns at private career colleges to provincial police 
  

• Government to reveal next steps for medically assisted dying, justice minister says 
  

• Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday 
  

• Ontario’s top court paves way to reopen challenge of Hamilton’s anti-encampment law 
  

• Trump administration hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions 
  

• Arizona court tosses sentence due to AI victim video impact statement 
  

• Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from the H-1B green card program 
  

• Dolly Parton's estate has filed a lawsuit against her nephew. Here's what's happened so far
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of October 5, 2026

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of October 5, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 5, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Saskatoon man sentenced to house arrest for inciting hatred against Jewish people 
  

• News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban until case is resolved 
  

• Guelph mayor ‘beyond upset’ after University homecoming devolves into violence, vandalism 
  

• Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms 
  

• CSIS may have misused power to commit offences while gathering intelligence: watchdog 
  

• Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development 
  

• Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes 
  

• Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal rules Canada failing to prosecute genocide of Indigenous people, uphold international law 
  

• Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing 
  

• Renee Good's family sues U.S. government, ICE officer and others over Minneapolis killing 
  

• Jewish teachers file human rights complaints against 4 Ontario school boards, 2 unions 
  

• Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case 
  

• 'It was torturous,' Christa Pike's lawyer says after failed Tennessee execution 
  

• Government inspection at three career colleges reported 'serious concerns,' court records show 
  

• Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill 
  

• Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike 
  

• B.C. lawyer found to have misappropriated $117K from dementia-stricken client 
  

• Internal documents show why Ottawa is worried about the Alberta referendum, even if the province votes to stay 
  

• 12 Jewish teachers file human rights complaints against group of Ontario school boards, unions 
  

• 'This is not reconciliation,' judge says, scolding Canada for dragging feet on First Nations land debt deal 
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of September 28, 2026

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of September 28, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 28, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Canadian investigation launched into data breach that exposed millions of IDs 
  

• Lindsay Clancy's lawyer wants judge to investigate juror's conduct 
  

• Montreal city council adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees 
  

• Man, 19, facing charges for allegedly threatening to carry out a shooting at a Durham Region synagogue 
  

• U.S. strikes on boats alleged to be carrying drugs may be 'crimes against humanity,' UN expert says 
  

• Liberals expected to shake up labour code with new economic bill 
  

• StubHub Canada fined $20K under Ontario ticket resale capping law 
  

• Man wielding shotgun opened fire at officer outside Belleville synagogue: SIU 
  

• What we know about the suspect in the Belleville, Ont., synagogue shooting | Hanomansing Tonight 
  

• Trump signs US-Denmark-Greenland agreement to bolster Arctic security after prolonged tensions 
  

• Texas camp where 27 girls died in 2025 flood investigated for manslaughter, negligent homicide 
  

• Trump says Canada is 'destroying itself' with immigration. Ministers say that's bogus 
  

• Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison 
  

• Judge orders White House to restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Reporters still blocked 
  

• Belleville synagogue shooting a ‘hate-motivated attack,’ police say 
  

• Trump Avenue sign in Ottawa goes missing before official name change 
  

• White House leaves CNN off upcoming Trump trip on Air Force One 
  

• In win for Trump, U.S. Supreme Court lets states use revamped voter verification system 
  

• Wheelchair user says ‘discriminatory’ Habs policy forced him to beg for tickets 
  

• Labour bill will test limits of Ottawa’s power to quash strikes: experts 
  

• N.S. lawyers have faced ‘racial double standard’ in how they are disciplined, report finds 
  

• Former U of Manitoba law dean arrested in France, faces extradition to Canada: police
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of September 21, 2026

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of September 21, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 21, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to restrict mail-in ballots ahead of November midterms 
  

• Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots 
  

• Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on building, grounds in any way 
  

• 5 major sports leagues and players associations ask for protections from sports bettors’ threats 
  

• FBI chief Kash Patel defends loosening of employment standards on bestiality, prostitution 
  

• Judge orders Élections Québec to prepare voter reminder cards in French and English 
  

• European Union chief says she wants Canada to become its first associate member 
  

• Trump signs memorandum to identify and remove Canadian products from U.S. federal procurement 
  

• Mississauga, Ont., city council votes unanimously to ban new data centres for 1 year 
  

• Trump says EU allowing Canada as an associate member could be a ‘hostile act’ 
  

• Canada’s defence minister calls U.S. deal on Greenland ‘encouraging’ 
  

• CNN, MS NOW, Politico say journalists denied access to White House after Trump ban 
  

• CRA still owed over $5B in COVID-19 benefits sent to ineligible recipients 
  

• Judge denies Tamara Lich's request to take Caribbean cruise and visit the White House under house arrest
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of September 14, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 14, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain’s role in slavery to King Charles III 
  

• Canada's counter-tariffs against U.S. set to go into effect after midnight 
  

• Trump banning import of Canadian booze, motorcycles, other goods into U.S. 
  

• The Associated Press says it will still refer to Lake Ontario, not Lake America 
  

• Is Perry Mason TV’s most effective lawyer? New study names top 5 
  

• B.C. judge tosses drug case, says U.S. agents broke law and violated Canadian sovereignty
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of September 8, 2026

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of September 8, 2026

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 8, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Disbarred Brampton lawyer charged in alleged $4.3M fraud scheme: Peel police 
  

• Why this U.S. congressman is fighting back on Donald Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario 
  

• Ford government to begin ripping out, reconfiguring Toronto bike lanes after appeal court ruling 
  

• Carney urges Trump administration to ‘stop doing memes’ and get serious about trade talks 
  

• Justice Department sues Kansas school system over policies on transgender students 
  

• Apple Maps follows Google, changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' 
  

• Republican Party revokes CBC/Radio-Canada media accreditation for upcoming midterm convention 
  

• Ontario’s new cash bail system on hold after judge grants injunction 
  

• Law Society of Ontario asked to withdraw TMU law school's accreditation following damning report documenting rampant antisemitism 
  

• Ontario court denies Toronto woman’s motion to apply for MAID for mental illness 
  

• Ontario fines SeatGeek $25K under ticket resale law aiming to prevent scalping 
  

• Alberta Chief Justice Ritu Khullar dies after battle with illness 
  

• Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms 
  

• Ontario Courts’ case management system hacked
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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