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Overview of how indecent exposure and indecent acts are defined under the Canadian Criminal Code, including legal distinctions and consequences.

What Is Indecent Exposure and Other “Indecent Acts” in Canada?

Indecent acts generally involve intentional public behaviour meant to offend, insult, or disturb others. Indecent exposure is more serious and applies when a person exposes their ge…

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Overview of how indecent exposure and indecent acts are defined under the Canadian Criminal Code, including legal distinctions and consequences.

What Is Indecent Exposure and Other “Indecent Acts” in Canada?

Indecent acts generally involve intentional public behaviour meant to offend, insult, or disturb others. Indecent exposure is more serious and applies when a person exposes their ge…

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Editorial image introducing a legal guide explaining Ontario’s warning range rules for impaired driving and administrative penalties.

What is the “Warn Range” for Impaired Driving in Ontario?

Most Ontario drivers are aware that driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher can result in a criminal impaired driving charge. What is far less understood…

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Illustration representing the legal consequences of lying to the court in Canada and offences involving misleading justice.

Is Lying to the Police or the Court a Criminal Offence in Canada?

In fiction, lying often comes without consequences. In real life, the legal implications are far more serious — particularly when false statements are made to police or the courts. …

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Editorial image introducing a legal guide explaining what happens when criminal charges are dropped in an Ontario court.

What Happens When an Ontario Court Drops Criminal Charges?

For anyone facing criminal charges in Ontario, few outcomes are as decisive — and relieving — as having the charges withdrawn before trial. Yet despite how typical this result can b…

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Illustration representing criminal charges in Canada and the distinction between criminal and non-criminal offences

What is a Criminal Charge and What is Not?

A criminal charge in Canada is any charge laid under the Criminal Code of Canada or other federal criminal legislation. Even offences many people consider “minor” — such as DUI, sho…

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Judge’s gavel on a Canadian flag background representing the entrapment defence in Canadian criminal law

What to Know About Entrapment Defence in Canadian Criminal Law

In Canadian criminal law, the entrapment defence applies when police create or induce a crime without proper legal justification, making the prosecution an abuse of process.

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Concept image illustrating bail conditions, financial consequences, and criminal law risks in Canada

What Happens If You Fail to Comply with Bail Conditions in Canada?

Failing to comply with bail conditions in Canada is a criminal offence that can result in arrest, detention, new charges, and significantly worse outcomes in your original case — ev…

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Illustration representing criminal records in Canada and their long-term legal and practical consequences

What You Need to Know About Criminal Records in Canada

This article explains how criminal records actually work in Canada today, what their real-life impact looks like, how they can be limited or removed, and why related issues — such a…

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Is Video Recording Without Consent Illegal in Canada?

Video recording has become a regular part of modern life. Phones, doorbell cameras, smart home devices, and workplace surveillance capture millions of moments every day. Most Canadi…

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Can a Canadian With a Criminal Record Travel to Mexico?

Travelling to Mexico is incredibly popular among Canadians. Millions visit every year for warm weather, beaches, resorts, retirement living, and property investment. But for the est…

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Is Verbal Assault a Crime in Canada?

Is Verbal Assault a Crime in Canada? What You Really Need to Know

Verbal altercations happen every day — during arguments, online disputes, breakups, workplace conflicts, neighbour disagreements, or domestic situations. Most of the time, heated wo…

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What You Need to Know About Canada’s Age of Consent Law

Unlike many other criminal offences, age-of-consent charges do not focus on whether the complainant agreed. In many cases, consent is legally irrelevant, and even an honest misunder…

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