According to the 2017 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking, Vancouver has replaced Toronto as Canada's dominant tech startup city.

In Nagy v. BCAA Insurance Corporation, 2020 BCCA 270, the British Columbia Court of Appeal clarified the distinction between an "omission" and "misrepresentation"...

If you are a regulated health professional in British Columbia, the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) introduces important changes you need to understand. It replaces the Health Professions Act (HPA) and affects your reporting duties, how complaints are handled, and what information about you may become public.

One month from now, on 17 June 2019, the federal government is changing a number of the Canadian trademark rules and regulations.

Earlier this month, the federal government confirmed that fundamental changes to Canada's trademark laws will come into effect on June 17, 2019.

In November, 2009, an aircraft operated by Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd. ("Pel-Air") flew on a charter flight from Samoa to evacuate a patient and her husband to Melbourne.

The procrastinators among us are well acquainted with the Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238 (the "Act") s. 25(3), which extends deadlines by providing that:

The tender call contained two special provisions, one of which required the contractor to hold a prescribed welding certification.

An issue that consistently arises in tendering disputes involves an owner's right to forgive or waive a defect in a submitted bid.

Storm clouds are gathering over B.C.'s construction industry as we enter 2023. For more than a decade, cheap money has helped fuel a booming sector.

Construction contracts are often daunting stacks of paper.

While part one of my blog post discussed the British Columbia Residential Tenancy Branch's ("RTB") internal review process for its decisions, part two of this post will walk through the Judicial Review process...

On March 17, 2020, British Columbia declared a state of emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since that time, our efforts to flatten the curve have taken centre stage in our print and television media communications.

Non-residents of Canada who dispose of certain "taxable Canadian property" ("TCP") may be subject to tax under the Income Tax Act (the "ITA"). Where a purchaser knows (or ought to have known) that a ...

On August 23, 2017, Mr. Hauer booked an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The flight was scheduled to depart Los Angeles on March 27, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

On August 13, 2021, Transport Canada's Minister, Omar Alghabra, announced that all passengers on commercial flights in Canada will need to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19...

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), the federal government agency that handles air passenger complaints, has recently proposed changes that would allow it to impose fines...

On July 1, 2017, Transport Canada published draft amendments to the CARs regarding pilot hours of work and rest periods (click here for proposed regulations).

On March 24, 2015, the passengers and crew of Germanwings Flight No. 9525 (from Barcelona to Dusseldorf) were the victims of a tragic aviation incident. Shortly after take-off, the pilot left the cockpit.

In February of 2016 I wrote a blog entitled "Environmental, Social and Governance Issues – Dealing with them is good business". The premise of that blog, as was evident by the title, was that...