Jun 19, 2019
Property Condition Due Diligence Considerations for High-Risk Equity Transactions
Long-term real estate asset holds generally involve some level of change, improvement or repositioning to maximize returns on investment.
Jun 14, 2019
Oil and gas leaders respond to Bill C-69 setback, ‘disrespectful’ McKenna comments
The head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers criticized the country's environment minister Thursday for comments he said shows she is “disrespectful” of the energy industry.
Jun 14, 2019
The Senate not done with Bill C-69
In a lengthy (2,600-word) motion tabled June 12, 2019, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna served notice that the federal government would accept some of the 180+ Senate amendments to the new impact assessment Bill C-69
Jun 12, 2019
Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69.
Jun 11, 2019
Oil woes have Calgary landlords turning empty offices into apartments
When the lease on an Alberta Health Services office in Calgary came due for renegotiation two years ago, the rental market was so bad that trying to keep the tenants wasn’t worth it.
Jun 06, 2019
In April 2018, the NDP government of British Columbia introduced Bill 15: Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Statutes Amendment Act, 2018, which, among other things...
May 20, 2019
Ontario’s Proposed Excess Soil Regulations: Effects & Benefits
Where do the soils excavated from our basements go? Our backyards, neighbors’ backyards or into our drinking water?
May 17, 2019
This Photographer Shows Us the Pollution We Can’t See for Ourselves
Trash-covered beaches, turtles asphyxiated by fluorescent pink drinking straws, and thick grey smog—these are the kinds of images we typically associate with pollution around the world.
May 17, 2019
Senate committee approves dozens of amendments to C-69
A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation. The federal government says that Bill C-69 is supposed to improve the way the environmental impact...
May 08, 2019
U.S. says it will complete Keystone XL environmental review
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. government attorneys say the Trump administration plans to finish a new environmental review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada even if a federal appeals court throws out a lawsuit that blocked the project.