Chris Davis Law

11/13/2018

Please vote in today’s plebiscite!

A second-place finish at the Olympics is worth a shiny silver medal, but come Tuesday night, the city’s Olympic plebiscite results will leave one side disappointed.The contentious debate abou…

09/27/2018

In the 1990’s the same issue about leaks was a concern at City hall. All members of Council had to sign non-disclosure agreements. But the leaks continued. Why? Because dealing with the media is stock in trade for Council members. Always has been.

There went the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.That’s one reaction to the wild uproar at city hall over a leak of secret information.The motive behind the leak to the CBC may be just that — t…

08/01/2018

Cannabis stores are specialized retail. Are you an applicant but have been denied a permit. Have you received a permit but it has been appealed?

If you need to understand the legal side of these applications, please contact our office.

The city’s planning and development department hope to have all 261 applications approved or denied within the next 11 days.

07/04/2018

Are you a cannabis dispensary applicant? Are you a concerned neighbour? Can you appeal either a rejected application or an approval?You may wish to speak with us to determine your legal rights.

Applications for nearly 700 cannabis stores are in the pipeline across the province, with Calgary rolling up far more of that retail bidding than Edmonton.Those high numbers could mean many stores …

05/15/2018

These types of delays are not unusual occurrences at . To help cut your , please contact us!

Patrons at Tool Shed Brewery can now crack open a cold one on the brewery’s patio after an 11-month red tape fight with the City of Calgary was resolved Monday.Over the weekend, a social medi…

05/11/2018

While it’s business as usual every day at Chris Davis Law, on the evenings and weekends it’s a different gig. Lots of community engagements as I am seeking the nomination for the Alberta UCP in my local area, Calgary-Elbow.

Experience, Calgary-Elbow

05/11/2018

We had this visitor at the office yesterday. He was not interested in hanging around for a coffee.

04/17/2018

We speak of pedestrian rights - what of pedestrian responsibilities?

The “Phones Down, Heads Up Act” has passed its first reading. Under the proposed bill, pedestrians could face fines of $50 for a first offence.

04/16/2018

Interesting perspective from Victoria B.C. on pipelines, and the . Not what I might have expected.

If you search the term “homicide” in CanLII — a searchable database of Canadian legal cases, legislation and commentary — you will discover it comes up 8,365 times. That com…

04/08/2018

Artifice and Architecture. If this is what it takes to beat cancer, great. If it’s a monument, not so much.

“Seven years from now, Calgary will have its new cancer centre. But once the new centre is open, the province will be under pressure to build the next billion-dollar health palace.” Ian Brodie, former chief of staff to prime minister Harper, on Alberta's "edifice complex.”

04/07/2018

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Alberta’s big cities have officially gained new powers under the first phase a city charter process that could eventually yield new sources of funding for cash-strapped municipalities like Ca…

03/26/2018

I served on the Parkhill Stanley Park CA development committee for 4 years. Small community, but fronting onto the Elbow River on the west, Mission Road on the north and Macleod Trail on the east meant there were lots of big issues.

Many communities take an active position in development applications and appeals. The first question always asked - how are they affected? Usually they can demonstrate this satisfactorily, but not always.

Recently a former neighbour who moved to Sunnyside shared with me a copy of the February 2017 Hillhurst Sunnyside Voice (community bulletin) as she thought I would find it interesting to see all of…