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The wrongful arrest of a woman falsely accused of driving while high shines a light on the pitfalls of policing cannabis-impaired driving, say legal experts. Pam Staples-Wilkinson was arrested in March 2021 after getting in a car accident and later failing a standard field sobriety test conducted by a Fredericton police officer. … However, “serious problems” remain

More than six months after province-wide COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, new data from ICBC shows less than one third of fines issued for violating pandemic health orders have been paid. Kristen Robinson reports. “Beyond restricting someone’s ability to purchase car insurance or renew their driver’s licence, the government really has no method of collecting unpaid

“There is a huge difference between ‘repeat offenders’ as they are understood in the justice system and as it seems it is being used publicly,” says criminal lawyer Kyla Lee. A recent slew of Vancouver Police Department news releases has referred to alleged and/or convicted perpetrators of crime as “repeat offenders.” Members of the public have taken

An investigation is underway after Surrey RCMP say a group of men “swarmed” an officer’s police cruiser in the Strawberry Hill area of Surrey earlier this month, although a number of witnesses claim the situation was instigated by the officer. The incident was captured on several videos filmed by members of the public at Surrey’s Strawberry

The decision to provide a day off to public sector workers in B.C. on Monday to coincide with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is having unintended consequences. The national holiday means ICBC appointments and court cases will need to be rescheduled. British Columbia announced on Wednesday plans to give all public sector workers and Crown corporation