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by Alberta Law Libraries

October 14, 2025

4:24 pm

Alberta Law Libraries News

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Did you know that Alberta Law Libraries offers services to the public, including the option to sign up for a library account? Public library accounts are for E-Resources only, including remote access to Emond’s Criminal Law Series, HeinOnline, ICLR Online, Rangefindr.ca and vLex Justis. We also offer 14-day limited access accounts to Westlaw Edge Canada. Borrowing our physical books is limited to members of the Alberta Law Society, but public visitors are welcome to browse our collection and read our books within the library during our regular hours. Anyone can use our computers, which provide access to legal database subscriptions including Lexis+ and LESA. Printing, copying and scanning are available (for a cost in some locations), and library staff are happy to help. We can assist you in navigating legal databases, help you find a court form if you have the form name or number, and direct you to helpful legal resources online. 

Visit our E-Resources and Services to the Public web pages to learn more! 

Mohawk Council of Kanesatake v. Sylvestre, 2025 SCC 30

by Alberta Law Libraries

October 10, 2025

11:53 am

Case News

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Date: October 10, 2025

On Appeal from the Court of Appeal for Quebec

Prescription — Extinctive prescription — Interruption of prescription — Creditors attempting to force execution of default judgments against debtor by initiating seizure of movable property — Seizure unsuccessful as bailiff considering property of debtor to be exempt from seizure — Debtor later seeking declaration that rights claimed by creditors under default judgments are prescribed — Whether prescription interrupted by creditors’ unsuccessful seizure — Civil Code of Québec, arts. 2892, 2894 — Code of Civil Procedure, CQLR, c. C-25.01, art. 681.

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102125001 Saskatchewan Ltd v Hutchings, 2025 ABCA 333

by Alberta Law Libraries

October 9, 2025

12:26 pm

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[1] This appeal and cross-appeal arise out of a sale and leaseback transaction between a Saskatchewan credit union and the appellants, who were based in Alberta. The initial issue on the appeal is whether LeRoy Credit Union, directly or through its agents, was “carrying on any business” in Alberta. The secondary issue is whether any transactions in Alberta conducted by Leroy Credit Union or its subsidiary, the respondent 1021225001 Saskatchewan Ltd, are enforceable against the appellants. The chambers judge held that LeRoy Credit Union was carrying on business in Alberta, but despite that the underlying transactions were enforceable: 102125001 Saskatchewan Ltd v Hutchings, 2023 ABKB 630, 74 Alta LR (7th) 140. The issue on the cross-appeal is whether the respondent, which was assigned and sought to enforce the security, is subject to the prohibitions in Alberta’s Credit Union Act.

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R v Eau Claire Distillery Ltd, 2025 ABCA 331

by Alberta Law Libraries

October 8, 2025

3:42 pm

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[1] On December 7, 2020, the Deputy Fire Chief and Safety Codes Officer of the Town of Turner Valley (now Diamond Valley) served the appellant Eau Claire Distillery Ltd. with Order No. 2020-0001 under section 49 of the Safety Codes Act, RSA 2000, c S-1 (Safety Order). The Safety Order directed the appellant to “provide documentation prepared by a qualified individual to indicate the hazardous zoning of [its] facility and compliance with the Canadian Electrical Code” by January 31, 2021. The assessment was to “indicate the extent of the hazards in the building and processes, as to their locations and how significant they are” and thus allow the Safety Codes Officer to determine the appellant’s compliance with the Fire Code.  

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Southpoint Landing JV Inc v Camrose (City), 2025 ABCA 330

by Alberta Law Libraries

October 8, 2025

2:53 pm

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[1] In 2022 the respondent City of Camrose passed bylaws 3219-22 and 3220-22, establishing off-site levies payable in respect of developed or subdivided land in the City (Off-site Levy Bylaws). Off-site levy bylaws allow municipalities to recover capital costs associated with new or expanded facilities for water, sewage, roads, recreation and other infrastructure required to support new development in the municipality: Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, c M-26, s 648. The off-site levies payable by a developer cannot exceed the developer’s “proportional benefit” from the infrastructure funded by the levy: Off-site Levies Regulation, Alta Reg 187/2017, s 3(4). The respondent’s Off-site Levy Bylaws replaced its 2017 off-site levy bylaws, significantly increasing the amounts payable by developers like the appellant Southpoint Landing JV Inc who apply for a development permit or subdivision approval.

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