M. Evans

The offender pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after police found over 280 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine in his residence.

The Crown sought a 3.5-year penitentiary sentence, while the defence requested a conditional sentence of two years less a day, citing collateral immigration consequences.

The court rejected the conditional sentence, finding the commercial nature and large quantity of drugs warranted a penitentiary term to address denunciation and deterrence.

The offender was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary.

The defendant brought two motions in an action arising from a fire that damaged equipment at a mining project.

The first motion sought to compel the third party insurance broker to answer refusals from examinations for discovery.

The second motion sought to compel a non-party independent adjuster to produce its complete file and attend an examination.

The court ordered the insurance broker to answer most of the refusals, finding them relevant to the allegations regarding the review of insurance coverages.

Regarding the non-party production, the court found that the adjuster's file contained relevant documents but ordered a staged approach to production to balance the interests of the non-party.

The motion to examine the adjuster was adjourned pending the resolution of documentary production.