Small Claims Court E-Filing in Ontario
Learn how to file a claim online for fixed amounts up to $25,000.
If you are filing a claim for a fixed amount of money (e.g. a debt owed to you under a contract) in...
Celebrate Ontario Governmental Program
Celebrate Ontario governmental program comprises three categories:
Celebrate Ontario provides project-based funding to new or existing Ontario events to enhance programs, activities and services and support innovations that will lead to long-term improvements, sustainability...
Financial Eligibility Guidelines for Legal Aid
As of April 1st, 2015, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) will implement the second (of three) 6% financial eligibility increases for all legal aid services. LAO implemented its first six per cent increase on Nov....
Ontario Raising Legal Aid Eligibility Threshold Another 6%
Province Giving More People Access to Affordable Legal Services: Ontario is taking another step to enhance access to legal aid by raising the financial eligibility threshold by six per cent.
By working together with Legal...
20-day cooling-off period on water heater contracts
Here are the rules for businesses entering into contracts at a consumer’s home.
It's what businesses that market products and services door-to-door or in a consumer’s home need to know about the Consumer Protection Act...
The Old Mill Inn & Kingsway Park
By Felix Shuster
About halfway from Pearson Airport and downtown Toronto along Valley of Humber River just north of subway station ‘Old Mill’ on Bloor Line lies one of the most unique Toronto neighbourhoods –Kingsway...
Excursion to Creemore & Collingwood (Part 1)
By Felix Shuster
On a bright sunny, but slightly windy autumn day, our group embarked on a journey to explore beautiful Purple Hills near Creemore village, Blue Mountains and Collingwood.
One Day Ontario Tours -...
Excursion to Creemore & Collingwood (Part 2)
By Felix Shuster
(Continuation, see Part 1 for the beginning)
After visiting Creemore, which name means ‘Big heart’ in Athabaskan language, we had to leave for our next stop – Collingwood.
One Day Ontario Tours - Beautiful...
The Essence of Transformed Art Gallery of Ontario
In the words of Mr. A. Charles Baillie, President of Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) Board: “the new AGO is an extraordinary home for extraordinary art”.
This bold statement reflects very strong belief among AGO...
Ideas for Pot Lights Use in Your Living Room
he living room is probably the most frequently used area of any house or condo apartment. That’s why designing and implementing a lighting scheme is not always easy. This is especially acute in homes...
Special Needs Remodeling
When a family member has a disability, it is paramount to us to make sure they have it as easy as it possibly can be to navigate through their own home. It is hard...
Top 3 Things to Consider While Looking for Wedding Photographers
When your Facebook profile picture can boast about the multitude of likes it gets every day, then how can you leave the aspect of looking for good wedding photographers take a back seat? Wedding...
New Inspector Powers Will Enhance Consumer Protection
Ontario’s Inspection Authorities to Ensure Better Business Compliance: As of April 1, 2015, new inspectors will be appointed under the Consumer Protection Act in order to better protect consumers and proactively promote business compliance.
These...
What Toronto Criminal Lawyer Tells about Drug Offences
Canadian law for drug offenses is strict says Toronto criminal lawyer Ernst Ashurov. There are separate punishments for possession of drug, production of drug, importing drug and so on. Now, possession can be of...
Infra-Red Sauna and artificial fever positive effects
Fever and temperature are widely considered to be a bad sign during a viral disease. However, most people don’t know that high temperature is a sign of our body fighting the virus. Even a...
File a Tax Return to Get Money Back
March 13, 2015 - Ministry of Finance : Ontario provides eligible individuals and families with a number of Ontario tax credits and benefits through the personal income tax system.
Ontarians must file a tax return...
Distracted Driving Deaths to Surpass Impaired Driving Deaths
OPP Set to Launch its Distracted Driving Campaign (March 14-20, 2015): As the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) gets ready to conduct public education and targeted enforcement for its annual Distracted Driving Campaign, it has...
Beware of lottery and prize scams
95% of fraud is never reported: Lottery scams and other prize fraud schemes now rank second highest in terms of the number of mass marketing fraud complaints, and fourth in terms of dollar losses...
Ontario New Polymer Birth Certificates
March 10, 2015 – Ministry of Government and Consumer Services: Ontario's new birth certificates are made of polymer and designed to be more secure and durable.
The new certificates will be more resistant to damage,...
New Ontario Birth Certificates Easier to Verify and Harder to Forge
Introduction of Polymer Certificates Will Protect Against Damage and Fraud - March 10, 2015 - Office of the Premier: Ontario birth certificates will now be more durable and secure, thanks to a new polymer...
Legislation on Cyberbullying
Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act
Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act will help protect young Canadians from cyberbullying: Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the coming into force...
Ontario Summer Company Program for Students
Through a program called Summer Company, you can get two things: start-up money to kick-off a new summer business and advice and mentorship from local business leaders to help get the business up and...
$1.1 million penalty for spamming Canadians
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC’s) Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer today issued a Notice of Violation to Compu-Finder, which includes a penalty of $1.1 million, for breaking Canada’s anti-spam law. Compu-Finder has...
Checking your tax information on-the-go? App-solutely!
Managing your taxes is easier than ever, thanks to the new MyCRA mobile app: The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is proud to announce the release of its new mobile app – MyCRA - available...
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New Eviction Rules for “Landlord’s Own Use”
Effective September 1, 2017, Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board has introduced new requirements for landlords who would like to evict a tenant so they...
