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The Residential Tenancies Act could affect over 465,220 tenant occupied households in Alberta but has not had major updates for over 30 years. See our report that lists many of the issues renters and landlords face at
www.alri.ualberta.ca/2025/03/the-...
11 months ago
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Stay tuned! Tomorrow we're publishing our
#LawReform
recommendations on distress for rent in Alberta. Learn more at
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=lanRD549DCytK0LN
1 day ago
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How would a
#Court
consider the views of a child in proceedings that affect them?
#FamilyLaw
#Separation
#Conflict
#Children
#Divorce
#Custody
#Safety
youtube.com/shorts/ioHsl...
1 day ago
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Law Commission of Ontario / Commission du droit de l'Ontario
6 days ago
The Law Commission of Ontario’s updated website is now live! The new site offers improved navigation, clearer access to publications, and enhanced bilingual functionality. While our look has been refreshed, our mission and mandate remain unchanged. Learn more:
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The LCO Upgrades its Website – Law Commission of Ontario
The Law Commission of Ontario is pleased to share that its updated website is now live. This upgrade is part of an effort to improve how users access and naviga
https://lco-cdo.org/en/the-lco-upgrades-its-website/
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CanLII
6 days ago
Wondering what were the most consulted cases on CanLII this past month? Check out our new blog post "What’s Hot on CanLII? 🔥 - February 2026":
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What’s Hot on CanLII? 🔥 – February 2026
Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are a…
https://zurl.co/PzSc9
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Informal poll at UofA Law! Should a
#Landlord
be able to seize and sell the property of a
#Tenant
if
#rent
has not been paid?
#Apartment
#Housing
#House
6 days ago
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Law Commission of Ontario / Commission du droit de l'Ontario
7 days ago
Today
@upsideofdown.bsky.social
is co-chairing Justice Rewired: AI at the Frontlines of Crime and Criminal Justice with Osgoode PD. The online conference explores how AI is reshaping criminal investigations, courts, and justice policy. Learn more:
osgoodepd.ca/professional...
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Justice Rewired: AI at the Frontlines of Crime and Criminal Justice - OsgoodePD
Be up to date on the latest AI tools, schemes, scams and criminal justice system innovations and responses. Learn how AI is impacting and transforming the field of criminal justice in Canada from how ...
https://osgoodepd.ca/professional-development/short-courses-and-conferences/justice-rewired-ai-frontlines-of-crime-and-criminal-justice-2026/
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Just published! See our Resource Guide on hearing children's views in
#court
matters that affect them.
#FamilyLaw
#Divorce
#Separation
#Custody
#Parent
#Youth
www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/03/hear...
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Hearing From Children In Court Proceedings Under The Divorce Act, Family Law Act, And Child, Youth And Family Enhancement Act
The Alberta Law Reform Institute intends this report to help users of the family court system. ALRI’s goal is to help users understand the ways in which the views of children affected by family court...
https://www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/03/hearing-from-children-in-court-proceedings-under-the-divorce-act-family-law-act-and-child-youth-and-family-enhancement-act
7 days ago
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Should Alberta courts be required to consider the views of a child in legal proceedings that affect them?
#FamilyLaw
#Custody
#CoParenting
#ChildrensRights
#Divorce
#Support
youtube.com/shorts/ioHsl...
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Hearing Children's Views in Family Court Matters
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtube.com/shorts/ioHsld3qjs8?si=DHfaRlVj4PW4tNU2
7 days ago
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
#Rent
#Landlord
#Tenant
#Late
#payment
#Property
#Seizure
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=m4suWvVwIidI5QIZ
15 days ago
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What are some of the issues that
#renters
and
#landlords
face when renting a home?
youtube.com/shorts/Z7lzk...
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Issues that Renters and Landlords Face with Residential Tenancies and the Law
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtube.com/shorts/Z7lzk6BzHic?si=Os710WnZxaX-l4uE
18 days ago
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CanLII
21 days ago
🚨 New: CanLII Search+! Artificial intelligence is coming to CanLII for more intuitive and accurate searches in the Canadian legal corpus. Try it here:
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ALRI Counsel Joe Sellman talks about distress for rent in Alberta.
ablawg.ca/2026/02/09/u...
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Untangling Received Law in Alberta
By: Joe Sellman Report Commented On: Alberta Law Reform Institute, Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent Final Report 122 (pending publication) PDF Version: Untangling Received Law in Alberta Wh…
https://ablawg.ca/2026/02/09/untangling-received-law-in-alberta/
21 days ago
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We're preparing our first publication on hearing children's views in
#Family
Court matters. Learn more about the project.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ioHsl...
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Hearing Children's Views in Family Court Matters
YouTube video by - alriref
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ioHsld3qjs8
26 days ago
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CanLII
26 days ago
New paper from the Alberta Law Reform Institute now available on CanLII: "Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy"
#tenancylaw
#legalcommentary
zurl.co/cmcrq
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Learn more about our
#LawReform
project on Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act at
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Rent
#Housing
#Apartment
#House
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Residential Tenancies Act - YouTube
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is undertaking a review of Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act. The Residential Tenancies Act establishes the rights, rules,...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAKcgXBWGjNdLnFGrc5R5ySH9LRfazSnc
28 days ago
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We've just published our report outlining common issues that
#Landlords
and
#Tenants
face before and during a
#tenancy
. Get the report at
www.alri.ualberta.ca/wp-content/u...
28 days ago
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"Distress for rent is an ancient common law self-help remedy that, under certain conditions, allows a landlord to seize and sell a tenant’s property to recover unpaid rent....it remains substantively unchanged since its reception in 1870."
ablawg.ca/2026/02/09/u...
28 days ago
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Just published! See our new report, Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy. Learn about issues that come up while looking for and living in a
#home
for
#rent
in
#Alberta
.
#tenant
#landlord
www.alri.ualberta.ca/wp-content/u...
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ALRI Counsel Joe Sellman talks about Distress for
#Rent
in Alberta.
#Landlord
#Tenant
#Lease
#payment
#Housing
#Eviction
#Property
#Rental
ablawg.ca/2026/02/09/u...
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Untangling Received Law in Alberta
By: Joe Sellman Report Commented On: Alberta Law Reform Institute, Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent Final Report 122 (pending publication) PDF Version: Untangling Received Law in Alberta Wh…
https://ablawg.ca/2026/02/09/untangling-received-law-in-alberta/
about 1 month ago
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Stay tuned! Our next
#LawReform
report on issues that affect
#tenants
and
#landlords
is coming out soon. Here's some of the issues we've highlighted so far from our previous report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lz...
#Alberta
#Housing
#Rent
#Lease
#Home
#Rights
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Issues that Renters and Landlords Face with Residential Tenancies and the Law
YouTube video by - alriref
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lzk6BzHic&list=PLAKcgXBWGjNdLnFGrc5R5ySH9LRfazSnc&index=2
about 1 month ago
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Learn more about our
#LawReform
project on hearing children's views in family court matters that affect them.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ioHsl...
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Hearing Children's Views in Family Court Matters
YouTube video by - alriref
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ioHsld3qjs8
about 1 month ago
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What are some of the issues that
#renters
and
#landlords
are having in Alberta?https://youtube.com/shorts/Z7lzk6BzHic?si=YgjdR41BXiVdQDIpta
about 1 month ago
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We're preparing our next report on Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act! Check out our summary on our last
#LawReform
report to get up to speed.
#Rent
#Tenant
#Landlord
#Lease
#Housing
#Home
#Apartment
www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/02/revi...
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Reviewing Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act
The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) is working on a project to look at the rules for landlords and tenants in Alberta. This includes reviewing a law called the Residential Tenancies Act. The Resid...
https://www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/02/reviewing-albertas-residential-tenancies-act/
about 1 month ago
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Just under 3 days left to apply for our summer student research assistant position. Details at
www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/01/were...
#LawReform
@ualbertalaw.bsky.social
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We’re Hiring Legal Policy Development Research Assistants!
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is seeking 2 students for full-time employment between May and August 2026. Students should be completing their second year of law and have strong writing skills to ...
https://www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/01/were-hiring-legal-policy-development-research-assistants/
about 2 months ago
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Stay tuned! We're prepping our report on Distress for Rent for publication soon. Learn more at
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
#LawReform
#Rent
#Property
#Landlord
#Tenant
#Seize
#Evict
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=f5ppQeYfN9SE7LzT
about 2 months ago
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9 days left to apply for our summer research assistant position! Details at
bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
#LawReform
#LegalResarch
#SummerJob
@ualbertalaw.bsky.social
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We’re Hiring Legal Policy Development Research Assistants!
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is seeking 2 students for full-time employment between May and August 2026. Students should be completing their second year of law and have strong writing skills to ...
https://bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
about 2 months ago
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#DYK
? All of our
#LawReform
reports are excellent research resources and are available on CanLii at
www.canlii.org#search/index...
about 2 months ago
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Hey @UalbertaLaw students! We're recruiting two summer
#research
assistants for legal
#policy
development. Apply by January 30 at
bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
#LawReform
2 months ago
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ALRI Research Assistants will work directly with counsel to research new legal policy. Employment at ALRI provides valued experience to offer future employers. Apply at
bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
2 months ago
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Should A
#Landlord
Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A
#Tenant's
Personal
#Property
?
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
#Rent
#Late
#Lease
#Housing
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=xpMRcZL6TYIhfdVf
2 months ago
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reposted by
Law Commission of Ontario / Commission du droit de l'Ontario
2 months ago
The LCO is pleased to renew its Student Scholar Fellowship Program in 2026, hiring up to 11 law students from Lakehead, Osgoode, Ottawa, Queen’s, and Windsor. Interested students should apply through their respective law schools.
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Stay tuned! We're preparing our first report on hearing from children in
#court
matters that affect them. Learn about the project at
alri.ualberta.ca/portfolio-it...
#FamilyLaw
#Children
#Family
#Custody
#Youth
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Voice Of The Child In Family Court Matters
Background The Convention on the Rights of the Child (Convention) was adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and ratified by Canada in 1991. According to the Convention, children have a right to partic...
https://alri.ualberta.ca/portfolio-items/voice-of-the-child-in-family-court-matters/
2 months ago
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Hey
@ualbertalaw.bsky.social
of Law students! We're recruiting two summer
#research
assistants for legal
#policy
development. Apply by January 30 at
bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
#LawReform
2 months ago
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"ALRI lawyers provide direct mentorship and genuinely want students to learn and grow as legal professionals". Apply by Jan 30 to be part of our summer student researcher team.
bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
2 months ago
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[email protected]
students! Looking for a summer job? We are hiring two full-time legal research assistants for this summer. More details at
bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
#LawSchool
#LegalResearch
#LawReform
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We’re Hiring Legal Policy Development Research Assistants!
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is seeking 2 students for full-time employment between May and August 2026. Students should be completing their second year of law and have strong writing skills to ...
https://bit.ly/2026alrilpdra
2 months ago
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Heads up
@ualbertalaw.bsky.social
students! We're hiring summer research assistants! Learn more at
www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/01/were...
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We’re Hiring Legal Policy Development Research Assistants!
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is seeking 2 students for full-time employment between May and August 2026. Students should be completing their second year of law and have strong writing skills to ...
https://www.alri.ualberta.ca/2026/01/were-hiring-legal-policy-development-research-assistants/
2 months ago
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Happy Holidays from the Alberta Law Reform Institute! ALRI would like to thank those that make its work possible and wishes everyone a restful holiday season.
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Should A
#Landlord
Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A
#Tenant's
Personal
#Property
?
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
#Rent
#Late
#Lease
#Housing
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=xpMRcZL6TYIhfdVf
3 months ago
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Stay tuned! We're preparing our first report on hearing from children in
#court
matters that affect them. Learn about the project at
www.alri.ualberta.ca/portfolio-it...
#FamilyLaw
#Children
#Family
#Custody
#Youth
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Voice Of The Child In Family Court Matters
Background The Convention on the Rights of the Child (Convention) was adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and ratified by Canada in 1991. According to the Convention, children have a right to partic...
https://www.alri.ualberta.ca/portfolio-items/voice-of-the-child-in-family-court-matters/
3 months ago
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
#Landlord
#Tenant
#Rent
#Lease
#Housing
#Property
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=ZWGWe1NlFWAqokWY
3 months ago
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ablawg.ca/2025/04/30/n...
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Need for Law Reform: Residential Tenancies and Late Fees
By: Shaun Fluker and JD students with the Public Interest Law Clinic Legislation Commented On: Residential Tenancies Act, SA 2004, c R-17.1 PDF Version: Need for Law Reform: Residential Tenancies a…
https://ablawg.ca/2025/04/30/need-for-law-reform-residential-tenancies-and-late-fees/
4 months ago
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"The absence of fees in the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) is just one of many gaps in the legislation"
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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‘Outdated’ rent regulations leave Alberta tenants in limbo
As Edmonton renters face hundreds of dollars in new fees, law experts say Alberta rent regulation needs an overhaul.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/outdated-rent-regulations-leave-alberta-tenants-in-limbo/
4 months ago
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Read about the issues
#tenants
and
#landlords
had with Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act.
#LawReform
#Housing
#Rent
www.alri.ualberta.ca/2025/03/the-...
4 months ago
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Take a few minutes and learn about our
#LawReform
project on Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act.
#Housing
#Rent
#Landlord
#Tenant
#Lease
#Home
#Rental
#Apartment
#Law
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Residential Tenancies Act - YouTube
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is undertaking a review of Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act. The Residential Tenancies Act establishes the rights, rules,...
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAKcgXBWGjNdLnFGrc5R5ySH9LRfazSnc&si=mMFj0m3HO1G6TSn9
4 months ago
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It was a delight to speak with students in taking Housing, Homelessness, and the law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. Thanks to the students for great questions and a thoughtful discussion. Thanks to Professor
@annajanel.bsky.social
for the invitation.
4 months ago
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#DYK
? A
#Landlord
can seize and sell a
#tenant's
property if
#rent
goes unpaid? We're reviewing the law as part of our Residential Tenancies Act
#LawReform
project. Learn more at
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?...
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E?si=xzYSELW0kXgHRl9u
5 months ago
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Should a
#landlord
be able to seize and sell a
#tenant's
property if
#rent
is unpaid?
youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E
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Should A Landlord Be Allowed To Seize And Sell A Tenant's Personal Property?
YouTube video by - alriref
https://youtu.be/OR8SnlZAB9E
5 months ago
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#DYK
? Our
#LawReform
reports are excellent
#research
resources and can be found on CanLii at
www.canlii.org#search/index...
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https://www.canlii.org/#search/indexLang=en&type=commentary&sort=doctrinePubDate&id=alberta%20law%20reform%20institute&searchId=2025-07-29T14%3A37%3A54%3A925%2Fe0b9dab096dd402fbc76920604f80787
5 months ago
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What are some of the issues that
#renters
and
#landlords
are having in Alberta?
youtube.com/shorts/Z7lzk...
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"In today’s digital age, photos, banking passwords and other important information gets locked away on phones and computers, and a “digital estate plan” can help family members access important documents to settle loved one’s affairs."
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/cons...
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Doing estate planning? Don’t forget your digital estate
It’s not pleasant to think about death or a medical emergency, but one of the greatest gifts you can give your family is being prepared for those situations.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/consumer-alert/article/doing-estate-planning-dont-forget-your-digital-estate/
5 months ago
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