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On Friday December 11, 2020, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Normtek Radiation Services Ltd v Alberta Environmental Appeal Board, 2020 ABCA 456 ("Normtek v EAB") where it...

In this article we discuss general rules applicable to liability for environmental damage in commercial real estate transactions.

Construction project costs can be unpredictable, especially in Alberta where parties must contend with inclement and sometimes unpredictable (winter) conditions.

The Courts provided an update on the operational changes that arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic: The Provincial Government has committed $27 million to improve Alberta's Justice System technologically. The Court and Provincial ...

On July 18, 2017 the federal government released a paper detailing three proposed changes to the Income Tax Act affecting private corporations.

In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") released its seminal decision, Bhasin v. Hrynew.1 In this decision, the Supreme Court officially recognized an organizing

Employers and other workplace stakeholders have little time to waste in preparing for the upcoming changes to Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation legislation.

Entitled to 3 weeks of leave (or 6% vacation pay) after 5 years of service

There are several options for how to structure your business, for example, operating as a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or joint venture.

On April 19, 2021 ("Budget Day"), the first Federal Budget ("Budget") in two years was released.

This afternoon the Alberta government introduced amendments to the Employment Standards Code and the Labour Relations Code.

On March 26, 2021, Teck Coal Limited ("Teck Coal") entered a guilty plea on two counts of unlawfully depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, contrary to s. 36(3) of the Fisheries Act.

The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision[1] on the constitutionality of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act[2] (the "GGPPA" or the "Act") on March 25, 2021, marking an end to the ...

Over the last few weeks, the Federal Government has announced several measures to support Canadians and Canadian businesses through the economic turmoil ...

A discussion on the topic of fair dealing, which is an exception to copyright infringement.

As we mentioned here on May 29, 2020, the Government of Alberta announced that the state of public health emergency under the Public Health Act

In the recent decision of Alexis v Alberta (Environment and Parks), 2020 ABCA 188 ("Alexis"), the Alberta Court of Appeal interpreted important environmental legislation and provided guidance on when...