Roommates Without Remedies: Co-Tenancy and the Limits of Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act

WHAT I’M READING: INTERESTING ESTATE ARTICLES FOR APRIL 2026 The following is a round-up of noteworthy articles published this month on estate litigation issues: With the excitement surrounding NASA’s Artemis program, plans for future human presence on the moon, and potential corporate... more »

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net... more »

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly se... more »

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly se... more »

Pratiquez-vous l’intelligence artificielle fantôme ? Peut-être le faites-vous sans même le savoir, et c’est probablement illégal. Vous rendez votre employeur passible d’une amende, en vertu de dispositions de la loi 25 québécoise et du CLOUD Act amÃ... more »

A recent policy shift in Colorado is putting that issue front and centre. It may not be long before Ontario is facing the same pressure. more »

[Note: I have 55 exams to mark, so the video and podcast versions of this will unfortunately have to wait.] Finally, the federal government has released the so-called “Charter Statement� for Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act of 2026. Forty three days after the bill was tabled in Parliame... more »

Posted by Tarion on April 1, 2026 Tarion is taking action to address illegal activity and protect current and future new home purchasers. Announced in 2025 – and starting April 1, 2026 – freehold home purchasers will need to provide notice of their new home purchase to Tarion within 45 days of e... more »

Waterstone Law Group is pleased to announce our newest Partner, Savina Sohi. Working in both our Abbotsford and Langley offices, Savina practices in the areas of general civil litigation, corporate commercial litigation and family law. Savina’s civil and corporate commercial litigation files... more »

Waterstone Law Group is pleased to announce our newest Partner, Savina Sohi. Working in both our Abbotsford and Langley offices, Savina practices in the areas of general civil litigation, corporate commercial litigation and family law. Savina’s civil and corporate commercial litigation files... more »

Waterstone Law Group is pleased to announce our newest Partner, Savina Sohi. Working in both our Abbotsford and Langley offices, Savina practices in the areas of general civil litigation, corporate commercial litigation and family law. Savina’s civil and corporate commercial litigation files... more »

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 »

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review. The report covers the Court's activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics. From the message of the Chief Justice of Canada, Richard Wagner: "In our democracy, legitimacy depends... more »

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 »

This will be my last post here at the Law21 blog for awhile. It’s also my first post here in a while, and these two are connected. Today, I’m launching a Substack newsletter that will effectively replace this blog. This is a pretty major change for me, and I feel I owe you an explanation of [... more »

The following pieces of legislation received annotations in Quickscribe Online in January:  Family Law Act - John-Paul E Boyd QC, John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers Local Government Act, Community Charter - Don Lidstone, QC, Lidstone & Company Business Corporations Act - Debby Cumberford... more »

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