ALBERTA UTILITIES COMMISSION DENIES APPLICATION FOR A NEW SUBSTATION IN MEDICINE HAT The Alberta Utilities Commission (“Commission”) denied an application from the City of Medicine Hat (the City) to construct and operate a new substation and to alter and redesignate an existing transmission line in Medicine Hat. Our Team’s (led by Ifeoma Okoye) successful intervention…
Alberta Court of Appeal finds breach of procedural fairness in Borgel v Paintearth (Subdivision and Development Appeal Board), 2020 ABCA 192
In the recent Alberta Court of Appeal case of Borgel v Paintearth (Subdivision and Development Appeal Board), 2020 ABCA 192, the unanimous Court (Watson, Wakeling and Strekaf JJA) found that the County of Paintearth Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) had breached its duty of procedural fairness to the 11 appellants represented by our Bill…
Estate Planning in a Nutshell
What is a Will and Why Do You Need One? A Will is a written document that appoints a person to manage your estate (“executor”) and outlines to whom your property is to be given after you pass away. Benefits: Reduction of stress, conflict, costs and delay for your family Appointment of a guardian for…
Extending the term of Chief and Council to prevent the spread of Covid-19
In order to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 the Governor General has made the First Nations Election Cancellation and Postponement Regulation (Prevention of Diseases). This regulation is primarily concerned with First Nations that hold federally regulated elections in accordance with the Indian Act and the First Nations Election Act, but it also applies to…
The Community of Conklin Wins its Opposition to Secure Energy Services Inc.’s Proposed Landfill Near the Community
The community of Conklin successfully opposed Secure Energy Service’s (“Secure”) appeal of the decision of the development authority, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (“RMWB”) that refused Secure’s development application for a Class II landfill within 500 metres of the Hamlet of Conklin’s Area Structure Plan and within 2 kilometres of existing residences in Conklin. The…
Ackroyd LLP successful on behalf of Eastern Irrigation District in judicial review application involving interpretation of the Alberta Irrigation Districts Act
On October 18, 2019, Madam Justice Johnna C. Kubik of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench granted the Eastern Irrigation District (“EID”) its application for Judicial Review and quashed the decision of the Irrigation Council Appeal Panel (“ICAP”) which had earlier rescinded 3 decisions of the EID refusing to grant the application of the respondents…
Ackroyd LLP, on behalf of Kikino Metis Settlement, successfully opposes application for permission to appeal membership decision of the Metis Settlements Appeal Tribunal
On May 3, 2019, Madam Justice Bielby JA denied Donald Walter McCargar’s application for permission to appeal the decision of the Metis Settlements Appeal Tribunal (MSAT) dated February 27, 2019 that upheld a decision of Kikino Metis Settlement Council (KMSC) refusing Mr. McCargar’s application for membership in the Kikino Metis Settlement. Our Bill McElhanney and…
Recent AER Decision Sides with Landowners
Ackroyd is pleased to announce an important decision of the Alberta Energy Regulator rendered on March 28, 2018. The Ackroyd Team, consisting of Bill McElhanney, Richard Secord, Ifeoma Okoye, Joe Wadden, Alex Yiu and Eric Pentland, represented a number of landowners who reside where proposed critical sour oil wells were to be drilled near their…