Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA): Digging Deeper (Webinar) The Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA), which provides the legal framework for the province’s new land use planning and management system, has been...
What's standing and why should you care? When the lawyers were figuring out a theme for this issue of News Brief, I couldn’t bring myself to tell them I didn’t know...
Environmental Assessment Changes: Will They Affect You? (Webinar) Are you confused about how recent changes in Environmental Assessment law will affect your practice? Can we expect federal Environmental Assessments to be...
Update: Irrigation District allowed to sell its water As of November 18, 2010, Alberta environment has approved the Eastern Irrigation District's application to change the purpose of its water licence from...
Get the Real Dirt on Remediation Certificates (Webinar) When contaminated land is remediated and re-used, one of the biggest concerns for owners and developers is whether the government will hold them...
Alberta Auditor General looks at managing Alberta’s water supply - compliance, wetland policy under scrutiny Last week, when local media were distracted with cell phone driving proposals, the Auditor General of...
View or download materials from April 14th Greenhouse Gas Roundup Part II Webinar If you’re like many Albertans, you’re probably asking yourself some pretty important questions about climate change. The most...
Now you CEAA- it, now you don't By Adam Driedzic and Laura Bowman Federal Budget Bill hides major changes in Environmental Assessment Law The federal budget bill tabled on March 29th 2010 includes...
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper podcast on environmental prosecutions Environmental prosecutions are making headlines again as Syncrude finds itself in court in Alberta. The company has contaminated ponds at its tar sands site...
View or download materials from the March 10th Bill 50 webinar In late 2009 the Alberta Government passed the Electric Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 50). This Act instituted significant changes for...
Alberta Utilities Commission releases Heartland Information Session schedule Read the release on the Alberta Utilities Commission website. If you're interested in how Bill 50 affects participation opportunities in projects like Heartland, you...
Bill 50 delivers shocks to transmission line approvals in Alberta (Webinar) March 10th In late 2009 the Alberta Government passed the Electric Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 50). This Act instituted significant...