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Toby Kruger and Emma Russell Speak at the Yellowknife Geoscience Forum

On November 25, 2025, Lawson Lundell lawyers Toby Kruger and Emma Russell spoke at the annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum. The forum is the Northwest Territories’ largest gathering focused on the mining and petroleum sectors and brings together hundreds of delegates and exhibitors from across the North and beyond.

Toby Kruger and Emma Russell hosted a session titled "2025 Legal Developments and Recent Trends." Their presentation highlighted key legal updates shaping the NWT minerals and petroleum industry, including the impact of the Building Canada Act, recent judicial review developments, new engineering and geoscience legislation, and an enforcement and prosecutions update.

For more details on their session and the Yellowknife Geoscience Forum, click here.