31 May, 2018 July 23, 2018 Deadline for Municipalities By Keegan Rutherford As a reminder, changes to the Municipal Government Act require Alberta municipalities to complete the following by JULY 23, 2018: ...
09 May, 2018 Leave it to the Lottery? Dealing with Cannabis Retailers in Your Community By Keegan Rutherford With the forthcoming legalization of cannabis in Canada, municipalities across the country are considering how they will deal with issues...
08 May, 2018 ALBERTA JUDGE USES MGA DEFENCES TO DISMISS APPEAL By Nabeel Peermohamed In Kowalchuk v. Blanchard, et al., (unreported), the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench recently applied the statutory defences under the...
03 May, 2018 Alberta Floods a Reminder for Municipalities By Keegan Rutherford The recent spring floods in Alberta are a reminder of the issues municipalities face when considering a subdivision and/or development...
31 Jan, 2018 Even Lawyers Experience Privacy Breaches By Lorne Randa The Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner found that Legal Aid Saskatchewan was in violation of the Freedom of Information...
23 Jan, 2018 Another Cyber Attack of Canadian's Personal Information: This time Bell Canada By Lorne Randa So it has happened again. Another major corporation has had its customers' personal information breached by a cyber security attack. ...
28 Sep, 2017 Cyber Insurance: A Need or A Want? By Lorne Randa In recent years (and arguably even months), we have seen a rise in high profile data breaches and ransomware attaches - from the WannaCry...
20 Sep, 2017 Will Robots Replace Lawyers and Judges? By Lorne Randa Academics are exploring ways on how robotics and artificial intelligence may be able to replace lawyers and judges in the future to help...
14 Sep, 2017 Is Big Brother Listening in on Our Phone Calls and Reading Our Texts? By Lorne Randa The Privacy Commissioner of Canada released a report yesterday on his investigation of the RCMP's use of IMSI catchers, which can be used...
13 Sep, 2017 Is there a better way to ID ourselves than our Social Insurance Number??? By Lorne Randa The large data breach at Equifax has lead to many questions and concerns about privacy, privacy rights and protecting your personal...
13 Sep, 2017 Pause Before Hitting Record: Things Municipalities Should Consider Before Adopting Body-Worn Cameras By Rebecca Kos Body-worn cameras can provide an audio-visual record of events from a municipal enforcement officer’s point of view. These records can...
08 Sep, 2017 Massive Data Breach of Equifax By Lorne Randa Equifax is one of the leading credit reporting agency and is often the first place one contacts when their personal information may be...