Category Archives: Municipal Law

Do Covenants to Compensate for Designation as an Historical Resource Run with the Land?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

PDF version: Do Covenants to Compensate for Designation as an Historical Resource Run with the Land? Cases Considered: Equitable Trust Company v Lougheed Block Inc, 2013 ABQB 209. The foreclosure proceedings taken with respect to the historic Lougheed Building at … Continue reading →

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Selling Drug Paraphernalia a Pithy Criminal Substance

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

PDF version: Selling Drug Paraphernalia a Pithy Criminal Substance Case considered: Smith v St. Albert (City), 2012 ABQB 780 In January, 2013, Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Terry Clackson ruled that a recent St. Albert bylaw that restricted the … Continue reading →

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Fowl Play? A Look into Recent Canadian Reform Efforts for Backyard Chicken Legislation

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

PDF version: Fowl Play? A Look into Recent Canadian Reform Efforts for Backyard Chicken Legislation Case Considered: R v Hughes, 2012 ABPC 250 The idea of local food sustainability is hard to argue with. Locally grown fresh food is valued … Continue reading →

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Transporting Liberty: Where Is The Track Heading?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by and

PDF version: Transporting Liberty: Where Is The Track Heading? Case Considered: R v S.A., 2012 ABQB 311, overturning 2011 ABPC 269 In many Canadian cities and towns, public transit is the only available means for some citizens to go about … Continue reading →

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Gardening on Vacant Land –Through Calgary’s Lens

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

PDF version: Gardening on Vacant Land –Through Calgary’s Lens Comment: Gardening on Vacant Land in Calgary – Part II The ABlawg post Part I of Gardening on Vacant Land in Calgary, Verdant History, Volatile Endeavor, described the rich history of … Continue reading →

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Gardening on Vacant Land –Verdant History, Volatile Endeavor

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

PDF version: Gardening on Vacant Land –Verdant History, Volatile Endeavor Comment: Gardening on vacant land in Calgary – Part I On the Victoria Day long-weekend in 2012, Donna Clarke and some volunteers planted potatoes on a vacant lot next door … Continue reading →

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I Fought the Law: Civil Disobedience and the Law in Canada

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

PDF version: I Fought the Law: Civil Disobedience and the Law in Canada Cases commented on: Calgary (City) v Bullock (Occupy Calgary), 2011 ABQB 764; Batty v City of Toronto, 2011 ONSC 6862; R v SA, 2011 ABPC 269; R … Continue reading →

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Should They Stay or Should They Go? Occupy, The City and the Charter

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

PDF version: Should They Stay or Should They Go? Occupy, The City and the Charter I’ve been to Zuccotti Park in New York City, the base camp of Occupy Wall Street, a few times this fall. The first time was … Continue reading →

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Leave to Appeal Granted in Street Preacher Case

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

PDF version: Leave to Appeal Granted in Street Preacher Case  Case considered: R v Pawlowski, 2011 ABCA 267 On September 27, 2011, Justice Patricia Rowbotham of the Alberta Court of Appeal granted Artur Pawlowski leave to appeal certain elements of … Continue reading →

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There’s no right to absolute privacy when you want to build something in a city

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

PDF version: There’s no right to absolute privacy when you want to build something in a city  Case commented on: Edmonton (City) v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 ABQB 226 There is no absolute right to privacy in the … Continue reading →

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