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Jamaicans shift deposits to US dollars at accelerated pace in 2025
Business Apr 22, 2026 | 01:06 amJamaicans and local businesses moved the equivalent of J$95 billion into US dollar accounts at a pace six times faster in 2025 than the year before, amid Hurricane Melissa uncertainty, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) 2025 annual report.[…]
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Cannabis industry on a $10b high despite Melissa
Business Apr 22, 2026 | 01:06 amJamaica’s legal cannabis industry was valued at US$63 million, or more than J$10 billion, in 2025, up nearly two-thirds higher year-on-year, according to the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which regulates the legal sector. The CLA’s figure reflects storm recovery of[…]
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R. v. Gomez, 2026 ONCA 286 (CanLII)
New Decisions : Court of Appeal for Ontario Apr 20, 2026 | 00:00 amCriminal and statutory offences — Sentencing — Aggravating and mitigating factors — Whether lack of expression of remorse was improperly treated as aggravating because of an appeal and no guilty plea — Sentencing judge expressly did not treat the absence[…]
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R. v. Reeve, 2026 ONCA 290 (CanLII)
New Decisions : Court of Appeal for Ontario Apr 20, 2026 | 00:00 amCriminal and statutory offences — Fraud — Fraud on the public — Whether the conduct amounted to defrauding “the public” under s. 380(1)(a) Criminal Code — Ponzi schemes prosecuted via a single count where victims can be rationally grouped —[…]
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