BREAKING - A B.C. wide ban on social gatherings and events has been extended with no end date. The province wants to review vaccines, variants and outbreaks before either expanding or reducing current restrictions. #bcpoli

The July issue of the Advocate is a mix of summer inspiration and insight. Read about Justice Ardith Walkem, Walpetko We’dalx, the first First Nation woman to sit as a judge of the BC Supreme Court. the-advocate.ca/emag/issues/20…

Can’t wait to put mine to use this weekend at Pacific Rim NPR 🤗🏕

Looking forward to watching the inimitable Karey Brooks give this her all tomorrow. Feeling lucky to work where I do.

The Chief Justice of Ontario and the Associate Chief Justice of Ontario have issued a statement welcoming senior counsel to share opportunities for oral submissions with junior counsel: ontariocourts.ca/coa/how-to-pro…

(Some) background on Gassy Jack cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Big decision for us today! Surprised to see a unanimous court here. Big ups to the JFK Law LLP team who worked tirelessly on this appeal. 👏🏻

In Biglaw, on coffee runs, the most senior attorney pays. This is the way.

At long last: the report is out! Excited to have been part of this important work.

Hear, hear!

I’ll be watching this case with interest.

Here's your first map from the Vancouver election results. Kennedy Stewart won the yellow polling stations — north Kits, Fairview, Mt. Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, the Downtown Eastside and the West End. Ken Sim won everything else.

Cautiously commemorating the Catholic Church’s acknowledgments today. Not satisfied; still hopeful. jfklaw.ca/vatican-repudi…

"... all of this is kind of a performance of an ethical eviction when really the housing isn't there, frequently the shelter isn't even there. And sending police to coerce people out of the safest location for them in this moment is inherently violent..." globalnews.ca/bc/videos/prog…

I am deeply disturbed by the events unfolding in my neighbourhood today. Forcing residents off the street is a cosmetic “fix” that just exacerbates the problem of housing insecurity, while compounding harms to the most vulnerable of our society. Heartsick. This is not the way.

Warning to our members and the public that the block is crawling with police. Be careful. Watch out for your friends and neighbours. 100 cops is not a compassionate approach. #defundthevpd #vanpoli

This might be a good time to drop a link to Martin Bouchard's #CullenCommission report on fentanyl trafficking in BC. Using mostly #DTES data, the report estimates fentanyl revenues at $200-300 million annually. …aredservices-ex.objectstore.gov.bc.ca/ag-pssg-cc-exh…

Indigenous people make up 2% of Metro Vancouver's population. But according to this year's homeless count, they were 33% of our total homeless population.