Publications

By: Drew Yewchuk Matter Commented On: Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2024/2025 PDF Version: The Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2024/2025: The Sequoia Settlement Hits the Orphan Inventory On July 15, 2025 the Orphan Well Association (OWA) released their Annual Report for 2024/2025. OWA annual reports provide insight into Alberta’s orphan oil and gas site […] The post The Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2024/2025: The Sequoia Settlement Hits the Orphan Inventory first appeared on ABLawg.

By: Adebayo Majekolagbe Decision Commented On: Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (2025) PDF Version: Canada’s Internationally Wrongful Climate Acts Over the past decade, litigants—mainly young people—have petitioned domestic courts worldwide to assess if governments are doing enough to combat climate change. Courts in Europe, […] The post Canada’s Internationally Wrongful Climate Acts first appeared on ABLawg.

By: Nigel Bankes Case Commented On: PrairieSky Roy2alty Ltd v Yangarra Resources Ltd, 2025 ABCA 240 (CanLII) PDF Version: When Is An Interest In Land A Legal (As Opposed To An Equitable) Interest? The principal issue in this case by the time the matter reached the Court of Appeal was the question of whether a […] The post When Is An Interest In Land A Legal (As Opposed To An Equitable) Interest? first appeared on ABLawg.

By: Nigel Bankes and Martin Olszynski Matter Commented On: Bill C-61, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands, First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2-3 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024 PDF Version: Who’s Afraid of the Proposed First Nations Clean Water Act? On June 30, Alberta’s […] The post Who’s Afraid of the Proposed First Nations Clean Water Act? first appeared on ABLawg.

By: Shaun Fluker Order Commented On: Ministerial Order 030/2025 (Education and Childcare) PDF Version: New Standards (or is it a Book Ban?) in Alberta K-12 Schools On July 4, 2025, Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides issued Ministerial Order 030/2025  prohibiting the inclusion of library materials with prescribed sexual content in K-12 schools. The Minister’s […] The post New Standards (or is it a Book Ban?) in Alberta K-12 Schools first appeared on ABLawg.

By: Drew Yewchuk PDF Version: How Canada’s Federal and Provincial Governments Collaborate Against the Public Right to Access Environmental Information Secrecy enables government messaging control and defeats democratic accountability. The right to information is foundational to democratic participation in the conduct of public affairs. When journalists and academics cannot access information on an issue, that […] The post How Canada’s Federal and Provincial Governments Collaborate Against the Public Right to Access Environmental Information first appeared on ABLawg.