Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario End Seasonal Clock Changes
Manitoba and the part of Ontario west of 90 degrees west longitude have moved to year-round UTC-5.
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Court Cast Coverage
Canada
Canada Warns Air Canada–United Expansion Would Harm Ten Routes
Canada’s Competition Bureau concluded that expanded Air Canada–United coordination would likely reduce competition on ten transborder routes.
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Canada Clarifies Causation in Medical-Negligence Claims
Canada’s Supreme Court clarified factual causation and remoteness while leaving an anesthesiologist liable for catastrophic injuries during a caesarean delivery.
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US Importer Challenges Canada Tariffs Under Depression-Era Statute
Gellert Global has asked the US Court of International Trade to invalidate 50 per cent duties imposed on Canadian goods under section 338.
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Canada’s Equal-Treatment and Temporary-Agency Wage Rules Take Effect
Long-delayed federal labour protections begin on October 20, with wage-review rights, agency-fee limits and transitional rules for existing collective agreements.
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Hong Kong Suspends Poultry Imports From Canadian and US Areas
The immediate restrictions cover specified areas after H5N1 notifications, not all poultry exports from either country.
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Canada’s Supreme Court Upholds Retrials in Sex-Services Evidence Case
The unanimous ruling does not make sexual history automatically admissible or reopen the defendants’ trafficking acquittals.
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Canadian Appeal Court Reverses Nuclear-Waste Consultation Ruling
The ruling concerns additional duties under the UNDRIP implementation statute, not the existing constitutional duty to consult.
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Canada Reshapes Express Entry Points Around High-Wage Occupations
New points begin November 3, with an LMIA requirement removed for specified Express Entry job offers and a temporary pause in invitation rounds.
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Shell Wins Conditional Canadian Oil-and-Gas Disclosure Relief
The company may use US-standard oil-and-gas disclosures, but must also file them on Canada’s SEDAR+ system.
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