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Supreme Court of Canada - Catalyst Paper v. District of North Cowichan - Reasons

The Reasons for Judgment in Catalyst Paper Corporation v. Corporation of the District of North Cowichan, heard in the Supreme Court of Canada, will be released on Friday, January 20, 2012.  Details to follow.

LGLA’s Newly Elected Seminars

Young, Anderson's lawyers will be participating in four of the LGLA's newly elected seminars in January and February 2012 - Kelowna, Parksville, Richmond and Prince George.

Sukh Manhas and Reece Harding off to the Supreme Court of Canada

Sukh Manhas and Reece Harding are off to Ottawa from October 13 to 19, 2011, for their final preparations and appearance before the Supreme Court of Canada in the Catalyst Paper Corp. v. North Cowichan case.

Bill Buholzer awarded Distinguished Partnership Award

Bill Buholzer was awarded LGMA's Distinguished Partnership Award at the recent conference in Penticton. The award recognizes Bill's work with the LGMA Approving Officers Committee, including its annual seminars held in conjunction with the LGMA conference, the Guide for Approving Officers, and the highly successful week-long School for Approving Officers held in Kelowna last fall.

Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute

Alyssa Bradley and Ray Young will be speaking at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute at the Sturm College of Law in Denver, on March 4, 2011 on the topic of "Conditioning Development on Water and Energy Conservation".

Young, Anderson Annual Victoria Client Seminar

Young, Anderson will be holding its annual Victoria Client Seminar on February 04, 2011 at the Westin Bear Mountain Resort.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Young, Anderson Annual Client Seminar - December 3, 2010

Young, Anderson will be holding its annual Client Seminar on December 3, 2010 at the Hotel Vancouver.  Invitations will be sent out shortly.   We look forward to seeing you there.

Bill Buholzer elected as Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners

The firm is pleased to announce that Bill has been elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners. 

Election as a Fellow of the Institute involves a rigorous nomination and selection process, and requires support from across the country.  Bill's nominators, the Planning Institute of British Columbia, the Fellows Selection Committee and the Institute Council all believe that Bill has demonstrated a high level of excellence and achievement that has contributed to the advancement of both planning and planners.  The firm shares in this view, and congratulates Bill on this significant achievement.

Bill will be formally inducted into the College of Fellows at the Institute's conference in Montreal on October 3, 2010.
 

OCA ruling on municipal representative participation on regional government boards

The Ontario Court of Appeal has recently held that municipal representatives sitting on regional government boards or county boards may vote and participate there on matters directly affecting their municipality and such apparent conflict is not a violation of conflict rules since the Legislature designed the conflict into the governance model established by the legislation. For more information call Ray Young.