Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Library Boy 2. Legal Post Blog 3. Condo Adviser 4. BC Injury Law Blog 5. RT Blog

Library Boy
Law Commission of Ontario AI Case Study: Probabilistic Genotyping DNA Tools Used in Canadian Courts

The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has released an AI Case Study: Probabilistic Genotyping DNA Tools Used in Canadian Courts: “Probabilistic genotyping (PG) is the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze DNA samples collected in police investigations or criminal prosecutions. …

Legal Post Blog
Champion of diversity Ken Fredeen honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

When Ken Fredeen left Saskatoon in 1983 to start his legal career in the tiny pulp town of Prince George, B.C., little did he know the mark he would make on Canada’s legal and accounting professions. Fast forward 38 years, and Fredeen is one of those exceptional lawyers who can hold his head high at the end of his career and honestly say he made a difference. …

Condo Adviser
EV Charging stations: Condos must be ready to accommodate all-electric vehicles by 2035

The federal Minister of transport announced yesterday that Canada is setting a mandatory target for all new vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035. This is accelerating Canada’s previous goal, which was set for 2040. To meet this objective, Canada had previously set the following targets: …

BC Injury Law Blog
ICBC Unfair Fault Finding Can Cost You Over $8,000!

If you are involved in a BC Crash ICBC, the Provincial monopoly insurer, will internally decide if you are at fault or not. If they get it wrong and blame you for a crash you should not be responsible for it can cost you a lot. Leaving aside things like paying for collision damages, deductibles and potentially expansive optional coverage which can amount to many thousands of dollars something as simple as basic ICBC coverage can skyrocket by the thousands after a single crash that ICBC blames you for. …

RT Blog
Whistleblower series: What do workplace whistleblowers report?

n the last blog in this series, I wrote about the reporting channels that organizations may use to allow whistleblowers to report wrongdoing. In this blog, I’ve provided an overview of the types of wrongdoing that whistleblowers report. …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.