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The Light Goes Out at the NRCB on Major Recreational Project Reviews

ABLawg

By: Shaun Fluker Legislation Commented On: All-season Resorts Act, SA 2024, c A 38.5 PDF Version: The Light Goes Out at the NRCB on Major Recreational Project Reviews At some point during the last few months of 2025, the Alberta Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) seems to have erased some history on reviewing major recreation […]... more »

Enseignement du droit + numérique, Salon François Chevrette (16 février 2026)

Vincent Gautrais

Cette conférence explore les mutations profondes de la pédagogie juridique à l’ère digitale. Comment le numérique transforme-t-il l’apprentissage du droit ? Quelles compétences les juristes de demain doivent-ils acquérir pour naviguer dans un environnement techn... more »

B.C. Case Comment – First Judicial Consideration of WESA s. 33: Retention of the Spousal Home on Intestacy

BC Estate Litigation Blog

What happens when a spouse dies without a will, the family home is the only estate asset, and the surviving spouse cannot afford to buy out the children’s interests under the intestacy scheme? In Re Boisvert Estate, 2026 BCSC 195, the British Columbia Supreme Court considered, for the first t... more »

APPEAL WATCH: Tax Law Nuances and Absurd Consequences in Bank of Nova Scotia v Canada

TheCourt.ca

Rarely does a tax law dispute reach the SCC, but when it does, it often provides a welcome opportunity for comprehensive statutory interpretation. Last month, the SCC heard an appeal from the unanimous FCA decision of Bank of Nova Scotia v Canada, 2024 FCA 192, leave to appeal granted (41643). Read... more »

Court of Appeal affirms robust interpretation of academic freedom exclusion in Alberta

All About Information

On October 28, 2025, the Court of Appeal of Alberta affirmed that the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (the OIPC) acted unreasonably in narrowly construing the teaching and research records exclusion in the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA... more »

Michael Woods and Wayne Garnons-Williams Honoured to Say Hello to former PM Jean Chrétien

Woods, LaFortune LLP

During their meeting at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, a few days before Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30th). Wayne Garnons-Williams and Michael Woods reviewed the work of the International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization (IITIO) [https://iitio.org/] in pr... more »