THE WELDON TIMES

Canada as we know it is a lie. We have been fed a reality that placed Canada at the epicenter of equality and freedom, distinct from the horrid atrocities of our neighbours. We allowed ourselves to become an adjudicator of other nations' human rights violations without addressing our own extensive list of shortcomings. This article is part of the Black Voices collection, an ongoing collaboration with Dalhousie Black Law Students’ Association.

Last year, my friends informed me that my parents’ legal battle against the Canadian government appeared in their Intellectual Property Law I curriculum. This was excellent news. It qualified mom and dad as Where Are They Now interview subjects. Not only is their case interesting, but also they were incredibly easy to track down.

Deepfakes challenge our sense of reality by appearing startlingly real, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fabrication. A deepfake is a digitally manipulated video, audio or image that appears real, but is actually generated or altered by artificial intelligence (AI). Deepfakes pose significant legal and ethical challenges within the realm of cybersecurity. These challenges arise from the unethical use of deepfake technology to generate content involving i

For every particle, there exists a corresponding, mirrored antiparticle with the opposite quality and charge. Similarly, justice and injustice are binary moral notions: being “morally correct” implies a lack of moral culpability.

At the heart of R v Biddle, a 1995 Supreme Court of Canada case, is the issue of impartiality in the process of jury selection.¹ In 1988, Eric Ralph Biddle was convicted of two separate attacks on women. He appealed the decision, arguing that the jury in his initial trial had a reasonable apprehension of bias which was insidiously created by the Crown.

Climate change, and humanity’s lack of preparation for it, is akin to the explosive release of energy when matter and antimatter meet. Though vital to the fabric of our universe, antimatter is volatile. When volatile forces meet inadequate systems, the result is disaster. Flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, snowfalls, and wildfires are growing in intensity and frequency. When governments fail to adequately plan for these events, communities are left to fill in the gaps.

This piece was submitted anonymously as a handwritten letter, though the law school soon came to know the author colloquially as the "Saint." After deliberation, Doug Shatford moved forward with its first publication in volume 1, number 5 of The Weldon Times on April 4, 1973. Shatford decided to print the unedited, untranscribed version of the letter, but for accessibility purposes, this publication will feature a version transcribed to the best of my ability.

Identifying and understanding the causes of wrongful convictions is critical to ensuring the integrity of our justice system and rights.

The intersection of law and technology offers a novel opportunity to reimagine parts of the legal landscape—yet, a digital divide remains.