Criminal and statutory offences — Sentencing — Firearm offences — Criminal Code, s. 95(1) — Possession of a restricted firearm, loaded, without a licence — Aggravating and mitigating factors, public place, guilty plea, no criminal record — Denunciation and deterrence balanced with rehabilitation — Conditional sentence imposedCriminal and statutory offences — Sentencing range — Parity and proportionality — Criminal Code, ss. 718, 718.1, 718.2 — What is a fit sentence and range for s. 95(1) in these circumstances — Mid-spectrum culpability, not associated with other criminal activity — Range includes 2 years less a day custody — Conditional sentence imposedCriminal and statutory offences — Conditional sentence — Statutory prerequisites — Criminal Code, s. 742.1 — Whether service in the community would endanger safety of the community — Whether conditional sentence is consistent with ss. 718 to 718.2 — Denunciation and deterrence paramount, rehabilitation also important — Conditional sentence imposedCriminal and statutory offences — Sentencing — Social context evidence — Morris Report — Connection between racism endured and offence conduct — Judicial notice of systemic anti-Black racism and disadvantages — Whether moral culpability is reduced — Reduced moral culpability found, sentence crafted as proportionate and attentive to rehabilitation — Conditional sentence imposedCriminal and statutory offences — Ancillary orders — Firearms prohibition and DNA — Whether to impose forfeiture order, Criminal Code, s. 109 order for 10 years, and a DNA order — Consequences flowing from firearm conviction applied at sentencing — Forfeiture ordered, s. 109 order made, DNA order made

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As Semicon Taiwan kicked off at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced that, based on forecasts compiled from multiple research institutions, Taiwan's semiconductor industry output could top NT$8 trillion (approx. US$252.6 billion) in 2026. Advanced equipment and materials, historically local industry weak points, are also making remarkable gains, with domestic equipment output projected to reach NT$270 billion (US$8.5 billion).

NASCAR O‘Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Logan Bearden announced he will compete in this Saturday night‘s Fleetio 200 race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.South Carolina-based 24HR Garage Door Service will serve as the primary marketing partner on Bearden‘s No. 42 Young‘s Motorsports Chevrolet at Darlington Raceway.Associate marketing partners include Conway, S.C.-based Liberty Brew Coffee, Outlier Countertops, Identity Mesh and the Left Is Loose podcast.“Being part of race weekend at Darlington is a proud moment for all of us at 24 Hr Garage Door Service. We‘ve worked hard to grow this company right here in South Carolina, and opportunities like this remind us how far our team has come,” said Lee Lambert, owner of 24 Hr Garage Door Service.“NASCAR is built around hard work, teamwork and showing up ready to perform, and those are the same values we try to bring to our customers every day.“We‘re excited to represent the 24 Hr name at Darlington and be part of such a great Labor Day tradition. Always remember 24 Hr is your dock and door pit crew. Call 24 to fix your door!”24 Hr Garage Door Service is a South Carolina-based residential and commercial overhead door company specializing in National Accounts, garage doors, rolling steel doors, loading dock equipment, preventative maintenance, and emergency repair services.The company provides installation, service, and support throughout the United States with a focus on rapid response, dependable workmanship, and customer relationships.24 Hr Garage Door Service also offers 24/7 emergency service and specializes in commercial and industrial dock and door systems for warehouses, distribution centers, retail facilities, and manufacturing operationsBearden arrives at Darlington Raceway, famously known as “The Track Too Tough to Tame,” for his fifth NASCAR O‘Reilly Auto Parts Series start of the season, just days after competing in the NASCAR Euro Series V8 GP division at Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic.A rookie in the NASCAR-sanctioned international series, Bearden delivered a career-best weekend behind the wheel of the No. 30 O2 daisy | T3 Vodka | Parker Electric Ford Mustang for Rette Jones Racing by Hendriks Motorsport.Bearden earned a pair of top-10 finishes during the NASCAR GP Czech Republic weekend, highlighted by a career-best sixth-place result on Saturday, August 29, 2026.With the NASCAR Euro Series Playoffs beginning later this month, Bearden holds a top-10 position in the overall championship standings and leads the Challenger Trophy division by 16 points over his closest competitor, Davit Kajaia.“I‘m excited to return to the United States and compete again with Young‘s Motorsports and 24HR Garage Door Service,” said Bearden. “Coming off my best NASCAR Euro Series weekend gives me a lot of confidence and momentum heading into Darlington.“Competing in Europe has challenged me to become a more adaptable and versatile driver. Every track and race presents something different, and I‘m looking forward to applying everything I‘ve learned overseas to my race craft back home.“Darlington is one of the most challenging tracks on the schedule, but I‘m ready to embrace that challenge and work hard to deliver a strong performance for everyone supporting the No. 42 Chevrolet this weekend.”The Fleetio 200 (147 laps | 200.8 miles) is the 25th of thirty-three (33) NASCAR O‘Reilly Auto Parts Series races on the 2026 schedule. Practice will occur on Sat., Sept. 5, 2026, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. Qualifying will begin immediately after, at 2:35 p.m. The field will take the green flag later in the day, shortly after 7:30 p.m., with live coverage on The CW Network, the Motor Racing Network (Radio), and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).— Young’s Motorsports —

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Labour and employment — Employment agreements — Temporary lay-off — Temporary lay-off implemented with benefits continued — Application for declaration of constructive dismissal and damages in lieu of notice — Appeal challenging ruling that lay-off clause was not a termination clause under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 — Appeal dismissedStatutory interpretation — Employment standards — Employment Standards Act, 2000, s. 56 — Whether temporary lay-off clause is a termination clause under ESA — Distinction between terminations in s. 56(1) and temporary lay-offs in s. 56(2) — Effect of s. 56(4) temporary lay-off not termination — Appeal dismissedLabour and employment — Constructive dismissal — Temporary lay-off and common law backdrop — Unilateral lay-off constitutes constructive dismissal at common law, rights not readily implied (Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., Elsegood v. Cambridge Spring Service (2001) Ltd.) — Whether lay-off is termination where agreement permits temporary lay-off in accordance with ESA — Appeal dismissedContracts — Interpretation — Employment agreement headings and substance — Whether location of clause under “Termination” heading converts temporary lay-off clause into termination clause — Agreement interpreted as a whole, headings not determinative, substance over form (Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc.) — Temporary lay-off clause incorporates ESA requirements — Appeal dismissed

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Civil liability — Police torts — False arrest — Claim for unlawful arrest arising from brief detention — Onus shifts to defendants to justify arrest after arrest proven — Lawful arrest defeats false imprisonment and false arrest — No physical injuries alleged — Claim dismissed with costsCriminal and statutory offences — Arrest without warrant — Reasonable and probable grounds — Whether arresting officer had subjective and objective grounds to arrest — Criminal Code, ss. 175(1) and 319(1) relied on — Totality of dispatch, officer observations, and scene dynamics assessed — Reasonable and probable grounds found — Claim dismissed with costsCriminal and statutory offences — Arrest without warrant — Criminal Code, s. 495(2) limits — Whether s. 495(2) barred the warrantless arrest — Public interest factors including identity and preventing continuation or repetition examined — Plaintiff refused to identify himself and continued provocative preaching — Section 495(2) did not bar arrest — Claim dismissed with costsCivil liability — False imprisonment — Justification — Whether the tort of false arrest was established — Arrest treated as imprisonment requiring lawful justification — Court found valid grounds amounting to an offence and arrest authorized under Criminal Code, s. 495 — No unlawful arrest and no false arrest made out — Claim dismissed with costsRights and freedoms — Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Charter remedies — Whether the Plaintiff’s Charter rights were breached and whether any remedy under Charter, s. 24(2) is warranted — Lawful arrest found and Plaintiff failed to establish an independent Charter breach — Charter remedies discretionary only on breach — Claim dismissed with costs

Property — Expropriation — Compensation assessment — Expropriation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-21 governs the amount of compensation — Railway line constructed on Appellant’s land, four-meter strip expropriated — Noise increase described, mitigation recommended under the Health Canada Guidelines — Compensation limits affirmed — Appeal dismissed without costsProperty — Expropriation — Injurious affection — Compensation for adverse effects limited to economic loss — Whether compensation turns on decrease in market value of remaining lands — No evidence of loss in value attributable to roughly five decibel increase in noise — Act provides narrower relief than tort damages — Claim rejected — Appeal dismissed without costsProperty — Expropriation — Disturbance damages — Whether Appellant entitled to disturbance damages sought — Betterment precludes claimed disturbance damages — Act purpose not to cure deficiencies in prior mitigation efforts or enforce compliance with federal guidelines — Losses must arise from the particular taking in issue — Disturbance damages denied — Appeal dismissed without costsProcedure — Appeal — Scope of remittal and pleadings — Whether earlier judgment confined redetermination to monetary award and costs — R. v. Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19 and Miller v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 FCA 370 applied — Unpleaded matters, including Expropriation Act s. 36 interest and inflationary adjustments, excluded — Limits enforced — Appeal dismissed without costsProcedure — Appeal — Standard of review — Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 applied, correctness for pure law and palpable and overriding error for factually suffused findings — Whether Federal Court erred in law on remitted issue — Invitation to reweigh expert evidence rejected — Reasons intelligible and legally sufficient — Appeal dismissed without costs

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Procedure — Appeals and leave — Costs — Courts of Justice Act, s. 133(b) — Whether leave to appeal is required for an appeal only as to costs — Appellant did not seek leave — Mullin v. Lagace applied — Appeal dismissed at end of oral submissions — Costs on appeal orderedProcedure — Leave to appeal costs — Appellate review — Whether stringent test for leave to appeal a costs award is met — No basis to conclude motion judge erred in principle or was plainly wrong — Motion judge’s reasons on variation of costs upheld — Appeal dismissedProcedure — Costs assessment and variation — Lost-opportunity costs — Whether assessment officer treated appellant’s time as if she was the lawyer — Whether lack of particulars of work foregone warranted modest compensation — Motion judge identified errors in principle and substituted more modest compensation rather than returning for inquiry — Appeal dismissedProcedure — Costs consequences — Costs of appeal — Appellant ordered to pay costs on the appeal — Inclusive of all applicable taxes and disbursements — Appeal dismissed with costs ordered against appellant — Costs ordered payable to respondent

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Criminal and statutory offences — Sexual offences — Sexual assault and sexual exploitation — Whether Crown proved intentional touching beyond a reasonable doubt — Complainant alleged chest touching on dance floor, defendant denied intentional contact — Trial judge not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt on either count — Not guilty findings entered — AcquittalEvidence — Credibility — W.(D.) framework — CCTV video — Whether evidence as a whole left a reasonable doubt under R. v. W.(D.), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 742 — Defendant found credible and reliable, denial accepted — CCTV low resolution, neither corroborated nor excluded alleged touching — Reasonable doubt remained — AcquittalEvidence — Prior inconsistent statements — Text messages and police interview — Whether references to “hand” and altered reading to police undermined credibility on the core touching allegation — Multiple near-contemporaneous messages described a single “hand” and different mechanics — Complainant’s “typo” explanation rejected — Credibility diminished on central particulars — AcquittalEvidence — Circumstantial evidence — Demeanour — Whether upset demeanour evidence could overcome credibility and reliability concerns — Friend and teacher described complainant as distressed shortly after alleged incident — Court accepted demeanour may provide circumstantial support but could not establish touching beyond a reasonable doubt — Demeanour evidence insufficient to cure core inconsistencies — Acquittal