A weekly roundup of excerpts from five recent Clawbie‑winning Canadian legal blogs, covering combat sports neuropsychology, summer spending and debt, Alberta health benefits legislation, the Supreme Court’s Terrebonne election ruling, and intimate‑image abuse and deepfakes in Alberta.
A neuropsychological study reported worse processing speed and verbal learning and memory among strikers versus grapplers, with no meaningful difference between professional and amateur impact‑sport athletes.
PierreRoy & Associés warns that gradual summer spending often leads to increased fall consultations about debt and recommends planning to avoid financial strain.
Alberta’s Bill 11 (Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2)) changes how health coverage is coordinated under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act and requires employers to understand new rules once it is in force.
# What this roundup covers
# Study — Brain damage in strikers vs grapplers (Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog) A recent neuropsychological study compared a group of strikers and grapplers. The strikers scored significantly lower on tests of processing speed and verbal learning and memory. The striker group included both professional fighters (boxing, kickboxing, MMA) and amateur athletes in the same disciplines. The study found no significant cognitive differences between professional and amateur impact‑sport athletes.
Why it matters: the findings focus attention on cognitive outcomes tied to impact strikes versus grappling and suggest that exposure level (professional vs amateur) did not drive the measured differences in that sample.
# Personal finance — Managing summer spending (PierreRoy & Associés) PierreRoy & Associés highlights a common pattern: summer expenditures often accumulate gradually and unexpectedly, unlike predictable holiday spending. The firm reports seeing a rise in client consultations in autumn tied to debt that accelerated over the summer.
Practical point: plan and budget for summer activities ahead of time to enjoy the season without creating avoidable financial strain.
# Employment/Benefits — Alberta's Bill 11 (Canadian occupational health & safety law) Bill 11, titled the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2), was introduced in late October 2025 and received Royal Assent on December 11, 2025. Once it comes into force, it will amend the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act (RSA 2000, c A‑20) to change how health coverage is coordinated in Alberta.
Action for employers: track the date of proclamation and review workplace benefit practices to align with the amended coordination rules once they are in force.
# Election law — Supreme Court annuls Terrebonne result over one uncounted ballot (Legal Feeds) Terrebonne's 2025 federal election after finding a single mail‑in ballot had not been counted. The divided court allowed the appeal on February 13, 2026, vacating the seat that day and later issuing written reasons. A by‑election on April 13 returned the Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste by a margin of about 700 votes after the annulled contest had been decided by a single vote.
Legal consequence: the Court's intervention shows that a single uncounted ballot can be grounds for annulling a closely decided result when the integrity of the count is implicated.
# Intimate‑image abuse and deepfakes — Alberta civil law reform needed (ABlawg.ca)
Policy implication: Alberta's civil framework does not yet provide the specialized, expedited remedies victims increasingly need in the age of deepfakes and online distribution.
# How to use this roundup
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Great LEXp
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. ABlawg.ca
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Double Asp
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