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You Earned This One: Happy Labour Day
The unofficial final long weekend of summer has arrived, and this one belongs to the workers. The tradespeople, the nurses, the drivers, the teachers, the small business owners, the office staff, the factory crews, and everyone in between who spent the year showing up and getting it done. From the entire team at MTS Paralegal… Read More
Notary Public: What They Actually Do
Most people encounter a Notary Public at the exact moment they need one, and not a day earlier. An overseas transaction requires a form. A diploma needs a certified copy. A child’s travel consent letter has to be signed. Suddenly the hunt is on for someone with the right stamp. Yet what that stamp actually… Read More
No Officer in Court? Your Ticket Might Not Survive
It is one of the most repeated pieces of folk wisdom in Ontario driving culture: fight the ticket, because if the officer does not show up, the case gets thrown out. Like most folk wisdom, there is truth at the centre of it and a great deal of oversimplification around the edges. An absent officer… Read More
New Driver, Big Rules: G1 and G2 Violations Explained
Earning a first licence is a milestone, but in Ontario it comes with an asterisk. Drivers in the Graduated Licensing System operate under conditions that fully licensed drivers never think about, and the penalty framework for breaking those conditions is deliberately harsh. A mistake that costs an experienced driver a fine can cost a novice… Read More
School Zones Are Back. So Are the Tickets
The buses are rolling, the crossing guards are out, and the streets around every school in Ontario are once again full of small pedestrians who do not always look both ways. September changes the driving landscape overnight, and it also changes the enforcement landscape. Police services across the province concentrate on school zones when classes… Read More