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More on Regulating Canadian MMA – Can City Governments Outlaw Consensual...
I have spent a lot of time highlighting the Federal Government’s effort to amend the Criminal Code to legalize MMA in Canada, I have also spent time highlighting Provincial obligations to ensure...
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Fort McMurray Passes Combative Sports Commission Bylaw
With Bill S-209 now in force the legislative floodgates are opening with regional governments passing laws addressing mixed martial arts and other combat sports. Alberta’s Regional Municipality of...
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Breaking Down the Calgary Combative Sports Commission’s Authority To Regulate...
Yes, once again here comes a lawyer to take all the fun out of things! Today I will breakdown the legal authority (or lack thereof) of the Calgary Combative Sports Commission to regulate AMMA. AFC 20...
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More Fallout on the Canadian Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Scene – Grande...
As previously discussed, the now overhauled section 83 of the Criminal Code does not in and of itself make MMA legal across Canada, it allows Provinces to make it legal on a Province by Province...
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Saskatchewan Plays the Trump Card over Municipal MMA Regulation
Earlier this month I discussed the combat sports athletic commission rumored to be coming to Weyburn, Sakatchewan concluding that if Cities in Saskatchewan have the authority to regulate MMA under the...
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The Legality of MMA in Yellowknife and the Canadian Territories
The City of Yellowknife has a long history of hosting and regulating combat sport events including Mixed Martial Arts. Despite this history, can the City legally regulate MMA events given the newly...
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The Dubious Legality of MMA in Moncton
Update October 5, 2013 – The City of Moncton has now pulled the Commission’s ability to oversee MMA, Muay Thai and Kickboxing....
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City of Vernon, BC Looking to Ban Mixed Martial Arts
While British Columbia has a Province wide Athletic Commission with monopoly powers to oversee and regulate MMA, BC’s legal framework gives individual cities a choice allowing them to outright ban...
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Vernon, BC Law Proposing Ban on Professional and Amateur MMA Ready for Vote
Update June 24, 2014 – the vote for the below bill has been postponed until July 14: __________________________________________________ Last month I discussed Vernon, BC’s, plans to ban Mixed...
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City of Vernon Considers Limiting Ban on MMA to Professional Events
Update August 13, 2014 – Voting on this bylaw is now scheduled for September 8 at 1:30 pm Update July 23, 2014 – Today the City of Vernon confirmed to me, via Twitter, that they have dropped the...
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