Police in Saanich nabbed 50 people using cellphones behind the wheel on Friday — just a week after ticketing 44 drivers for doing the same thing. Saanich Police, BC Highway Patrol and the Capital Regional District Integrated Road Safety Unit combined forces for five hours on March 10, handing out 80 violation tickets, including 50 […]
B.C.’s attorney general and solicitor general said last week’s talks with the federal government over bail reform were a success, but as Emad Agahi reports, there are doubts about what kind of repeat offenders will be affected by the change. … “Instead of the state having to prove why you should be denied bail, you
“In the first video, ICBC suggested that it is illegal to have your phone sitting loose in your car, loose in the cupholder, on the passenger seat beside you and that is not the case. The BC Supreme Court has ruled that you are perfectly allowed to have your phone loose in the vehicle so
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ICBC is being called out for some cellphone misinformation in a distracted driving safety video. Global News Morning speaks with lawyer Kyla Lee about the error and she explains what is, and isn’t allowed, when it comes to cellphones in vehicles. “Are you or are you not allowed to have your phone on your passenger
Police across B.C. are ramping up distracted driving enforcement to remind people, more than a decade after legislation was introduced, to stay off their phones and pay full attention to the road. “It is quite shocking still,” said Cst. Markus Anastasiades with Saanich Police. “Because we know that distracted driving is the leading cause of
Despite it being Distracted Driving Awareness Month in British Columbia, the public auto insurer’s attempts to spread safety messaging are receiving more criticism than being effective in educating the public. Although ICBC has attempted to clarify their intention, they posted a tweet on Monday instructing viewers to “Watch this if you’re unsure about where you
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A video, presented by a member of the ICBC Road Saftey department, claims that having your phone loose on the seat beside you is illegal, but Vancouver lawyer Kyla Lee says this is not an accurate representation of what the province’s cellphone usage while driving law states. “ICBC has, since the law was brought in, taken
I was surprised to see it, because it’s very rare for Health Canada to grant these types of exemptions. But the ability of Health Canada to give medical or research companies or scientific companies exemptions to rules around production, distribution, even sale and possession of controlled substances has always existed. That’s actually in use in
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An opportunity to bring in more diversity to the Supreme Court of British Columbia is coming as B.C.’s current chief justice, Christopher E. Hinkson, is retiring from the position come October, after serving in the role since 2013. It is a chance to implement change to a position that has been historically held by white
The Vancouver Police Department is under scrutiny after Elijah Barnett, an innocent man, was wrongfully arrested and shot with rubber bullets while walking his friend’s dog in Yaletown last week. The police were responding to reports of a suspect in a violent home invasion in Calgary, and believed that Barnett was the suspect. However, they
The province’s three-year experiment on decriminalization of illicit drugs for personal use is under way. For it to succeed, governments, and possibly the courts, will have to tackle the issue of safe supply. “Nobody wanted to do it. Nobody still really wants to do it, but yet it’s happening.” That’s how Kennedy Stewart, former mayor
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A new banner in West Kelowna, questioning what children are being taught in school has been sparking outrage due to its message and the graphics on it. The billboard, stationed along Highway 97 in West Kelowna, shows a cartoon woman, who appears to be a teacher, wearing a mask in front of a rainbow flag
