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Featured Osler Updates July 6, 2026

B.C.’s new compliance and enforcement agency reshapes natural resource oversight

Natural resource operators may face a more centralized enforcement environment.

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B.C.’s new compliance and enforcement agency reshapes natural resource oversight
Featured Osler Updates June 25, 2026

Skinny drug labels and induced infringement: court decision creates divergence between U.S. and Canadian law

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision solidifies U.S. case law on “skinny labelling”.

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Featured Osler Updates June 30, 2026

Alberta’s data centre regulations: guidance on power generation for large load facilities

Insights into the new framework intended to support data centre investment while addressing challenges associated with increased electricity demand.

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Osler Update January 17, 2019

Alert to borrowers and lenders: Significant changes to lessee accounting standards

Effective for accounting periods starting January 1, 2019, International Financial Reporting Standards 16 has replaced International Accounting...

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Osler Update January 7, 2019

Ontario takes phased approach to cannabis retail licensing, and AGCO announces lottery rules

Citing national supply shortages of legal cannabis, Ontario published a regulatory amendment and announced that up to a maximum of 25 retail licences...

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Osler Update December 27, 2018

Annual Exempt Trade Reports for investment fund distributions in Canada due January 30, 2019

This is a reminder that Exempt Trade Reports must be filed on Form 45-106F1 for all investment funds sold to Canadian purchasers on a private...

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Osler Update December 20, 2018

2018 Legal Year in Review

Our observations about some of the most significant legal developments affecting Canadian business over the past year and their implications for 2019...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program continues to attract competitive interest – Alberta announces results of Rounds 2 and 3

On December 17, 2018, the Government of Alberta announced the results of Rounds 2 and 3 of the Alberta Renewable Electricity Program (REP)...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Canada first G7 country to legalize retail cannabis

On October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act (the Act) came into effect. The Act regulates retail cannabis for adult use, medical cannabis and industrial...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Climate change regulation: New tensions between federal and provincial legislators

Climate change regulation is once again making legal headlines this year as the Government of Canada enacted its federal carbon pricing plan and new...

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Climate change regulation: New tensions between federal and provincial legislators
Osler Update December 18, 2018

Canadian cannabis companies conquer U.S. capital markets

Legalization of cannabis for adult use in Canada was a watershed event of 2018. But a select few Canadian cannabis companies also celebrated a...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

The take-over bid regime after two years

It has now been over two years since Canada’s take-over bid regime was revamped to provide for a minimum 105-day bid period, a mandatory 50%...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

U.S. capital markets developments in 2018: From rocks in the ground to rolling with cannabis, and everything in between

A number of developments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2018 will be of special interest to Canadian companies and their...

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