Month: December 2013

A breach of contract battle royale is shaping up between a Toronto area construction contractor and the city of Belleville Ontario, east of Toronto. At issue is a contract regarding the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, a multi-million dollar project under the city’s recreation, culture and community services department. Originally, the project was projected to … Read More…

According to a Statistics Canada report that studied data from the years 2000 to 2004, there’s a spike in car accident fatalities in the summer months. Certainly, recent news in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) would tend to bolster the impression that serious car accidents and summer go hand in hand, including: Life threatening injuries … Read More…

What happens if you’re in a motor vehicle accident and your driver’s licence has expired? Does your automobile insurance coverage apply to your situation or not? When it comes to the courts, the answer is a mixed bag; it depends on the facts of each case. In one recent case, a judge sided with a … Read More…

The number of EMS personnel, corresponding equipment and other elements has not kept pace with the city of Toronto’s growth. In the last decade, the number of ambulances on the road has actually dropped slightly. The Toronto Fire Services (TFS) has five fewer emergency response vehicles on the road than it did in 1998. In … Read More…

The lawsuit between noted Canadian artist Michael Snow and the developers of the headquarters for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in downtown Toronto has taken another turn after a judge recently ordered the case to go to trial. Artist Michael Snow is suing for breach of contract , among other issues. He was looking … Read More…

Preliminary estimates from the insurance industry indicate that the late-November storm that brought the first taste of winter’s misery to Ontario and Quebec brought with it over $90 million in damage claims. In the States the figures are even more astronomical. For the same period, the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) reported that claims could reach … Read More…

Tech giant Apple has come under fire recently for the employment practices of one of its biggest suppliers. A young engineer employed by Foxconn, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic components and based in Taiwan, was involved in a horrific accidental electric shock in October of 2011 that necessitated the removal of half … Read More…