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The sale and distribution of beverage alcohol in Alberta had been conducted privately, under licence until 1916 when, during the height of Canada's Prohibition during the First World War, the Liberal government called a referendum in which Albertans voted in favour of the Liquor Act, which closed private liquor stores and the sale of alcohol beverage other than weak beer in privately owned bars.
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada v Big M Drug Mart Ltd: Citations [1985] 1 SCR 295, 18 DLR (4th) 321, 3 WWR 481, 18 CCC (3d) 385, 37 Alta LR (2d) 97: Docket No. 18125 [1] Prior history: Judgment for the defendant in the Court of Appeal of Alberta: Ruling: Appeal dismissed: Holding; The Lord's Day Act violates section 2 of the Charter ...
This would amount to a maximum charge of $2.30 per $100 for a 14-day loan. Since the effective annual interest rates on payday loans are over this limit (Alberta and Ontario with the lowest rate of $15 per $100 borrowed, (1.15^(365/14)-1)* 100)), this makes payday loans effectively illegal in the provinces.
In 2011, Alberta grew 6,434 hectares (15,900 acres), about 40% of Canada's hemp and 40% of the nation's hemp seed. [8] Alberta is generally arid and hemp is grown under irrigation . [ 9 ] In 2013, the cultivars in use were from Europe, with experiments with new cultivars suited to prairie climate (X59, CFX-2, CRS-1, Silesia, Canada, and Delores ...
2. Mountain Dew. It's not all that alarming that a carbonated, caffeinated soda that looks like radioactive waste is illegal in other countries.
Calgary Dollars is a local currency in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. While functioning as a limited form of currency within Calgary, it is not legal tender nor is it backed by a national government. Instead, the currency is intended as a tool for community economic development as well as a focus for community building and local resiliency.
R v Hughes (2009) 446 AR 351, (2009) 442 WAC 351 (also known as the Canadian Right to Food Trial) was a court case on the right to food in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The initial court challenge that was the basis of the case started in March 2012. The decision was under appeal to the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench. The subsequent trial date was ...
The court originated from the old Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories which was replaced by the Supreme Court of Alberta in 1907 (shortly after Alberta became a province in 1905). The new Supreme Court of Alberta comprised a trial division and an appellate division (essentially, brother justices of the Supreme Court sitting en banc with ...