T. Price

This child protection trial concerned two boys, N. and D., who had been in the child protection system since infancy due to parental drug addiction and domestic violence.

The Children's Aid Society sought an order for extended society care (crown wardship), while the father, maternal grandmother, and paternal grandparents each proposed alternative plans of care.

The court found that none of the respondents could provide a stable and safe environment due to ongoing drug addiction, emotional volatility, and persistent family conflict that placed the children in loyalty binds.

The maternal grandmother was found to have actively undermined the father's access and court orders.

The paternal grandparents were deemed deluded about their son's capacity.

The court granted the Society's request for extended society care, emphasizing the children's long-term best interests for stability and insulation from conflict, and leaving access decisions to the Society's discretion.

The defendants moved for partial summary judgment seeking a declaration that they owned a parcel of land formerly used as a railway line.

The railway company had acquired the land in 1871 and sold it to the plaintiff municipality in 2007 after discontinuing railway operations.

The defendants argued the railway only ever held an easement that extinguished upon abandonment, causing the land to revert to them as successors of the original owner.

The court dismissed the motion, finding that the applicable 19th-century railway legislation and the original conveyance document granted the railway a fee simple interest, which it validly transferred to the plaintiff.