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What is Arbitration?

Arbitration is one of several alternative dispute resolution options available to you when you have a disagreement and do not want to end up...

How to read the genome and build a human being

DNA from a crime scene can now be used to reconstruct the corresponding person’s face, sex, age, eye colour, height and weight by utilizing...

No Federal Funding for Marlene Carter’s Psychiatric Treatment

Marlene Carter has been returned to Saskatoon’s Regional Psychiatric Center after the Government of Canada failed to fund and provide her with the promised...

When to Update Your Will

Events in your life which significantly change your priorities or mark a change in direction for you overall should cause you to think about...

When Bail Courts Don’t Follow the Law

An interesting opinion on Bail Hearings and the state of the criminal justice system in Canada written by a Justice of the Peace in...

Common Law Spouses and Estate Planning

Many couples are choosing to become common law spouses before or instead of getting married, and the number of common law couples in Canada...

Planning your Estate: Cohabitation and Prenuptial Agreements

You have likely heard of Cohabitation and Prenuptial Agreements. These types of agreements are seen by some as distasteful because they appear to anticipate...

Gladue reports no ‘get out of jail free card’ for indigenous offenders

James Scott presented a paper to Saskatchewan Legal Aid in September of 2014 and his suggestions received national attention.  His paper discusses the presence...

Becoming Common Law

Many people are uncertain about what it means to be  a common law spouse or exactly when a common law relationship starts.  This uncertainty...

Don’t Talk to Police

An informative video by a law professor which illustrates why it is dangerous for people to talk to the police: