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News & Media
Visit the Judson Howie LLP website for news about our firm. My column in the Kenora Miner & News is available online. News from organizations I work with is available on their respective websites (see the Rainy River District Law Association, Borderland Pride, and the Federation of Ontario Law Associations).
Kenora Miner | ‘Your Job is to Fight the Staff’: How Councils Can Improve Municipal Accountability
This column by Douglas W. Judson was printed in the Kenora Miner and News on September 29, 2022. You can find it online here. “Your job...
Oct 7, 2022
Globe & Mail | Municipalities grapple with renaming Colonization Roads to further Indigenous reconciliation and awareness
Click here to read this May 10, 2022 column by Willow Fiddler in The Globe and Mail.
May 9, 2022
Kenora Miner | Elections Canada denied three First Nations communities a meaningful right to vote
This column by Douglas W. Judson was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on April 13, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's...
Apr 12, 2022
Kenora Miner | New court rules panned by lawyers and access to justice advocates
This column by Douglas W. Judson was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on March 31, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's...
Mar 31, 2022
Fort Frances Times | Council Blocks Removal of Barriers to Participation of Working-Age People
Following the events at the Council meeting of March 14, 2022 (which I wrote about here), I submitted the following letter to the editor...
Mar 16, 2022
The Agenda | Learning to Live Without Plastics
On February 10, 2022, Douglas W. Judson, councillor for the Town of Fort Frances, appeared on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin to...
Feb 10, 2022
Fort Frances Times | The Accountability of Elected Officials is a Matter of Public Interest
The Fort Frances Times received a letter to the editor from Diane Maxey, which it printed in its January 19, 2022 edition. The editor...
Jan 19, 2022
TVO | Why Ontario must reform municipal codes of conduct
This opinion piece by Ontario municipal councillors Douglas W. Judson, Justin Towndale, and Cameron Kroetsch was published by TVO on...
Nov 23, 2021
Toronto Star | There will be no Pride month in tiny Emo. Northwestern Ontario town’s decision sparks anger, disappointment
Douglas W. Judson, co-chair of Borderland Pride, was interviewed by Emma Teitel of the Toronto Star for this article, published on May...
May 28, 2020
Politico | House Democrat trying to enlist Trudeau in fight to save boundary waters
Douglas Judson, councillor of the Town of Fort Frances, was interviewed for this article in Politico by Lauren Gardner. You can read it...
Mar 21, 2020
NNL | Private interests, public forests, and political influence: what Fort Frances learned in 2019
This column by Douglas W. Judson originally appeared on NetNewsLedger on January 12, 2020. Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled...
Jan 13, 2020
Fort Frances Times | No apologies for speaking out against racism: Judson
This letter to the editor was submitted for the April 10, 2019 edition of the Fort Frances Times. | Dear Editor: In a letter published...
Apr 8, 2019
CBC | Disappointed but not surprised, Fort Frances councillor says of rejected mill bid
This article originally appeared on CBCNews.ca | Local and provincial politicians say they're disappointed that a deal that promised to...
Mar 19, 2019
Chronicle Journal | Ontario stays out of town's mill, wood dispute
This article appeared in the Chronicle Journal. |
Feb 15, 2019
Northern Ontario Business | Bidding process for Fort Frances mill gets nasty
This article appeared in Northern Ontario Business. | A prospective buyer of the closed Fort Frances paper mill will have “zero” chance...
Feb 15, 2019
Pulp & Paper | Resolute, Fort Frances at odds over sale of pulp mill
This article appeared in Pulp & Paper Canada. | February 14, 2019 – Resolute Forest Products and the town of Fort Frances, Ontario are at...
Feb 14, 2019
Fort Frances Times | Resolute threatens town with litigation
This article appeared in the Fort Frances Times Daily Bulletin. |
Feb 12, 2019
Xtra | Doug Ford’s confusing case against sex-ed
This column by Douglas W. Judson appeared in Xtra. | A legal ménage of gays, gag orders and government gaslighting may disclose the...
Jan 14, 2019
CBC | Fort Frances LGBTQ2 group prepares for cross-border pride march
This article originally appeared on the website of CBC News. | The LGBTQ2 community in Fort Frances, Ont., are joining forces this...
Jul 14, 2018
TBnewswatch | Fort Frances and International Falls host cross-border Pride march
This article originally appeared on TBNewsWatch. | FORT FRANCES, Ont. — Organizers of an upcoming Pride March across the international...
Jul 10, 2018
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