For almost two years, the neighbourhood around Conkie & Company's offices on Mainland Street in Vancouver's Yaletown has been under perpetual upheaval due to construction of the Canada Line's Yaletown-Roundhouse Station. We are just now beginning to see a little light at the end of the tunnel – the hole on Davie Street is almost covered and Mainland Street is finally opened. In anticipation of the completion date of November 2009, we are beginning to visualize things returning to normal again ... this artist's rendering of the view looking east across Davie to Mainland Street is an inspiration.

In This Issue

Opinion:

The Omar Khadr Case And The Rule Of Law

The detention of Omar Khadr is a breach of his Charter rights, according to the Canadian Supreme Court, and a challenge to the Canadian Bar to actively uphold the rule of law ...

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Hope And Change: America’s Moral Peril

The optimism created by the election of President-elect Barack Obama has raised expectations – both moral and environmental – that may be difficult to live up to ...

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Copyright:

Conservatives Likely To Target Copyright In Coming Session

While the Conservatives' controversial copyright reform bill, C-61, died on the table prior to the October 2008 election, there is every indication the new government will trot it out again ...

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Employment:

Duty To Accommodate And Employee's Alcohol Dependency

A B.C. Court of Appeal decision requires an employer to accommodate an employee who is guilty of theft because he suffers from an alcohol dependency...

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Duties Owed By Departing Employees

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Canada articulated the duties owed by departing employees to their employers...

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Media:

CBC.ca Reader Feedback Guidelines Reveal Latent Sexism

Some sexist and demeaning reader feedback posted recently on the CBC's website was not removed after complaints. Even the corporation's readership feedback policies were powerless to have them expunged ...

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Are You Liable If You Link To Libel?

Hyperlinks posted without comment to another website's purportedly defamatory article does not amount to publication, according to the B.C. Supreme Court ...

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Construction:

Corporate Directors Liable For Misrepresentations To Investors

The B.C. Supreme Court recently found the board of directors personally liable for misprepresentations to investors in the Westin Grand Hotel, a relatively rare occurrence in B.C. law. ...

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Human Rights:

Ending Violence Against Women

Despite increased awareness of the problems of violence against women, it is still surprising to see the numbers of cases where women suffer humiliating, discriminatory treatment in the workplace and elsewhere ...

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Good Works:

B.C. Artist And Visionary Spreads Art And Inspiration

Michelle Loughery and her Wayfinder Project is creating inspiring large scale art murals painted by herself and at-risk youth ...

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Firm Notes:

What's New At Conkie & Company

New staff ... short story competition winners ... the lives of musicians ... pro bono conference ... kudos to a feminist colleague ... and more ...

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Our Website Pick

An "online magazine rack" that's open 24/7, with every topic under the sun ...

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