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$120,000 Penalty for the 2023 Kearl Tailings Overflow

ABLawg

By: Drew Yewchuk Regulatory Decision Commented On: AER News Release 2026-06-11, Imperial pleads guilty to EPEA violation in Crown’s summary disposition on Kearl PDF Version: $120,000 Penalty for the 2023 Kearl Tailings Overflow On 29 May 2026, Imperial Oil Resources Limited (Imperial) entered a guilty plea to a charge of contravening a term or condition […]... more »

Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Research Libraries, AI Research and Contract Override

Slaw

Research libraries are integral to scholarship, scientific discovery and economic innovation. A foundational element of this support is providing access to extensive collections of scholarly content — peer-reviewed journals and monographs, databases, archives and primary source materials â... more »

Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Research Libraries, AI Research and Contract Override

Slaw

Research libraries are integral to scholarship, scientific discovery and economic innovation. A foundational element of this support is providing access to extensive collections of scholarly content — peer-reviewed journals and monographs, databases, archives and primary source materials â... more »

Canada's proposed new privacy law: Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act

Canadian Privacy Law Blog

The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, known as PIPEDA, has been Canada's private sector privacy law since 2001. It's currently the law that governs how businesses collect, use and disclose your personal information. It's the law that made the Privacy Commissioner of Cana... more »

Impact of Statutory Accident Benefits Changes on Lawyers

AvoidAClaim: Claims Prevention & Practice Management for Lawyers

As of July 1, 2026, Ontario’s accident benefits coverage is changing significantly, and some injured persons may have little or no accident benefits coverage even if they are not at fault. Certain accident benefits that were previously mandatory as part of the auto insurance policy will becom... more »

Comment on Executors and Trustees May Seek Advice From the Court by Applications By Trustees For Directions: Court Declines to Entertain Questions that go to Construction of a Trust | BC Estate Litigation Blog

Comments for BC Estate Litigation Blog

[…] Section 86, and the jurisdiction of the court, has its limits, even on matters that are truly related to administration and management; I’ve written previously on this topic – here. […]... 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 »

TLC Lunch Bites: Building Self-Awareness to Improve Efficiency and Productivity

Attorney With a Life

We are excited to publish our second episode of The Lawyer Coach’s Lunch Bites! TLC Lunch Bites are short videos on a variety of topics that come up commonly in coaching conversations with lawyers. These short videos provide an opportunity to learn useful coaching nuggets quickly. As lawyers,... 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 »