Partner at McKay Ferg LLP - Criminal law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Evidence & Privacy.
Joined August 2010
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Heather Ferg retweeted
May 28
Meet our 2025-2026 Sessional Instructor Teaching Award winners: Heather Ferg and Margot Engley!
To learn more about the award and other winners, visit: news.ucalgary.ca/news/facult…
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15 Jan 2025
It was, as always, an honour to represent @cancivlib with @rankinovitch on an important issue going to the heart of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act. The advocacy was excellent and I am hopeful there will be an outcome that preserves and enhances life and liberty.
15 Jan 2025
CCLA is intervening at the Supreme Court in R. v. Wilson to protect substance users seeking emergency care from unjust arrests.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-release/ccla-…
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Heather Ferg retweeted
15 Jan 2025
CCLA is intervening at the Supreme Court in R. v. Wilson to protect substance users seeking emergency care from unjust arrests.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-release/ccla-…
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Heather Ferg retweeted
30 Dec 2024
A recently retired Canadian diplomat is alleging war crimes by the Canadian military, documenting its involvement in the disappearances of hundreds of Afghan detainees. Our exclusive:
theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
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16 Aug 2024
CBSA to use facial recognition app built with Amazon Web Services tech. I for one don't see how anything could go wrong. cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/c… #privacy #surveillance #CyberSecurity
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8 Jun 2024
Beautiful season finale concert with the @ReginaSymphony Chamber Players - Beethoven, Lalo, Harberg & Borodin in the Government House ballroom #QueenCity
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28 Mar 2024
Delighted and proud Ian McKay @McKayCrDefence has been appointed King's Counsel in today's Order in Council. He is a tireless advocate and it is well deserved. @WiretapLawyer @rankinovitch
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Heather Ferg retweeted
10 Mar 2024
The behaviour of app providers in this area is especially important given the interest of US law enforcement in states where abortions are now criminalized.
10 Mar 2024
BC has certified a class action alleging the Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker app violated users privacy by giving their reproductive info to 3rd party vendors including Facebook, Google, etc. Over 1m Canadians used the app at the relevant time.
bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/24/03…
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10 Mar 2024
BC has certified a class action alleging the Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker app violated users privacy by giving their reproductive info to 3rd party vendors including Facebook, Google, etc. Over 1m Canadians used the app at the relevant time.
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Heather Ferg retweeted
4 Mar 2024
“Judicial oversight narrows the state’s online reach and removes the decision to disclose information - and how much to disclose - from private corporations and returns it to the purview of the Charter” R. v. Bykovets @SCC_eng 🇨🇦 | #DigitalPrivacy #BigTech theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Heather Ferg retweeted
2 Mar 2024
Congratulations to colleagues Heather Ferg @HStarLLB and Sarah Rankin @rankinovitch, counsel on R. v. Bykovets, where the Supreme Court of Canada 🇨🇦 ruled today that there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in an internet (IP) address | #DigitalPrivacy cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme…
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Heather Ferg retweeted
Congratulations to WiCCD’s Vice President (Alberta) @rankinovitch on this amazing and crucially important result!! 💪🔥👏💜
1 Mar 2024
The Court has allowed the appeal in R. v. Bykovets. It ruled that a request by police for an IP address is a search within the meaning of section 8 of the Charter. Read our plain-language summary here: scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/cb/2…. #CdnLaw
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Heather Ferg retweeted
1 Mar 2024
In a 5:4 split, the SCC allows the appeal in R v Bykovets, finding that an IP address attracts a reasonable expectation of privacy meaning that a request by the state for an IP address is a search under s. 8 of the Charter. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc… #SCC
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19 Dec 2023
Founding member of the @AlbertaCTLA Clayton Rice K.C. @wiretaplawyer receiving the Harradence Prize on Dec 15 in Edmonton. It is one of our bar's highest honours and acknowledges a dedicated commitment to the most important principles of our profession.
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Heather Ferg retweeted
15 Oct 2023
Another enjoyable evening @CalgaryOpera with colleague Heather Ferg @HStarLLB for opening night of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Premiered in Vienna on 1 May 1786 Le nozze is considered a masterpiece of ‘opera buffa’ | #yyc
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Heather Ferg retweeted
28 Jul 2023
I'm really proud of our work for the @cancivlib on this file. It is one of the most complex issues I've had the pleasure of working on. A pleasure to work with this group of exceptionally thoughtful interveners. @HStarLLB
28 Jul 2023
The Supreme Court dismisses a new trial request for a man convicted of two murders. Read our plain-language summary here: scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/cb/2… #cdnlaw
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Heather Ferg retweeted
8 Jun 2023
Almost 60 law professors from across Canada signed this letter to the Prime Minister, along with an array of prominent lawyers. Canada must be firm and bring this mockery of justice for Hassan Diab to an end.
BREAKING: Over 130 members of Canadian legal community call on Trudeau government to deny French extradition request in case of Hassan Diab
iclmg.ca/diab-lawyers-letter…. Excerpts in 🧵👇🏻 (1/7)
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