Pulse
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March 19, 2025
Working from hell | Murray Gottheil
I was at the receiving end of a rant from a young associate recently, who I will call Mike. I don’t mind when Mike calls me to rant, usually late at night on his commute home from work. He needs to unload, and I am happy to be a sympathetic audience.
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March 18, 2025
Former Saskatchewan attorney general returns to McKercher
Gordon S. Wyant, KC, is returning to McKercher LLP after a 14-year stint as an elected member of the Saskatchewan legislature, having served in multiple roles including deputy premier, attorney general and deputy house leader.
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March 18, 2025
New associate at McKenzie Lake Lawyers
Cristina Tomaino has joined McKenzie Lake as an associate lawyer. According to a statement from the firm, Tomaino will be working out of the Guelph, ON., office.
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March 18, 2025
CUSTODY, PARENTING, AND ACCESS - Child’s age - Capacity or conditions of parents - Conduct of parents
Application by father against the mother regarding parenting arrangements, child support obligations, and related matters concerning their three children.
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March 18, 2025
A lawyer’s reputation | Jacob Murad
Right out of law school there is a general theme that is expressly stated that a lawyer must maintain a “good reputation” — one that reflects well on the individual and also the legal community as a whole. This is furthered in rule 2.1-2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers which states in part: “A lawyer has a duty to uphold the standards and reputation of the legal profession.”
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March 17, 2025
Are we seriously tackling anti-Black racism? | Hodine Williams
Canada loves to tell the world — and itself — that it’s a model of diversity and inclusion. We point to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our multicultural policies, and our reputation as a welcoming nation. We feign and dance around the issue so often as if pretending it doesn’t exist will somehow make it magically disappear.
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March 17, 2025
New lawyer for Atwal Law
Jasmine Ezati is a new junior lawyer at the boutique real estate firm Atwal Law.
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March 17, 2025
Appointments at McLennan Ross
Lawyers Matthew Marantz, Kayla Ellison and Kevin Hoy have joined McLennan Ross.
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March 17, 2025
Life as a prisoner | David Dorson
I wrote a few months ago about some of the differences between minimum security and higher security levels. Minimum is definitely an easier place to be, where, unlike medium or maximum, you can actually have a kind of life.
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March 17, 2025
Wellness: Who can you trust these days? | Darryl Singer
It seems trite to say that as politics has become more polarized, we continue to see the devolution of civil discourse in Canada. But it’s worse than that. The sense of trust most of us had in our community, our friends, family and coworkers is fraying more each day.