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Dozens of people filled a Kelowna, B.C., courtroom on Friday morning to support local freedom rally organizer David Lindsay. Lindsay headed to trial after he was charged with assault during a protest at the Interior Health building in downtown Kelowna in August 2021. “They are saying I assaulted them, and that is essentially what it […]

A B.C. councillor is proposing a new way for cities to assess traffic fines. Saanich councillor Teale Phelps Bondaroff is proposing that fines should be based on how much money a person makes rather than just a flat rate. “So if you fail to yield for a pedestrian, you get a $121 ticket,” Bondaroff told Focus

So-called freedom rallies have been an almost weekly occurrence at Kelowna’s Stuart Park since the onset of the pandemic with public health restrictions,  including vaccine mandates, at the forefront. While the protest size has dwindled, the rallies continue without any permits from the city – a permit is required for any event being held in a public space.

This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits down with Acumen Law Corp’s Kyla Lee to discuss what British Columbians can do if they feel harassed or unfairly treated by police. “If the police are repeatedly pulling somebody over without any grounds to do so, handcuffing them and not stopping, it is police harassment. The question

Kyla Lee and Mo Amir debate health warning on alcohol and changes at BC Ferries. “Nicolas Jimenez, the ICBC executive in charge of putting out the ”so-called financial dumpster fire’ at ICBC – he was appointed to president and Chief Executive of BC Ferries.” “It’s not working and it’s not working for British Columbians. So,

Software like ChatGPT, a bot by OpenAI, has the capacity to answer questions and craft entire essays based on parameters and instructions fed to it by the user. One journalist used it to write an article about the stock market. Its potential to aid in previously human-led jobs has some people concerned about the future. Vancouver lawyer Kyla

The BCCA just found that a person who throws their backpack off while running from police abandons it and forfeits any privacy interest in the backpack and its contents, such that police have the right to search it. “If you have to lose or drop or throw away any belongings while you are running from

The trial date for the man accused of killing a 13-year-old Burnaby girl more than five years ago has been postponed once again. Ibrahim Ali is charged with first-degree murder in the 2017 slaying of Marrisa Shen, whose body was found in Central Park in July that year. The BC Prosecution Service confirmed Friday he will not appear before a

“A lot of people want to know what they should do at roadblocks, a lot of questions about how far they have to unroll their windows, what information they have to provide to the police, and whether or not they have to comply with demands to participate in sobriety testing like breathalyzers or field sobriety

“…Not challenging the police officer’s evidence, so not cross-examining the officer. Consenting to evidence going in that may not actually be admissible because you don’t understand the rules necessarily of evidence. Not understanding how to conduct a proper cross examination to call into question the evidence or the observations of an officer. Not understanding what

A fatal bus crash Christmas Eve on the Okanagan Connector highlights some of the confusion around seatbelt use on B.C. buses and the need for clearer messaging about the reasons to buckle up. While the Ebus involved in the crash was equipped with seatbelts, few passengers were wearing them, Kelowna RCMP spokesman Const. James Ward