B.C. government officials have denounced some of the actions taken by protesters in recent days in demonstrations supporting Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in their fight against a natural gas pipeline. On Thursday, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth issued a stern warning to activists who have blocked entrances to the legislature and plan to shut down other […]
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Roadside testing for cannabis impairment has been a struggle since the onset of federal legalization in Canada. While inebriated driving is unquestionably dangerous and problematic—despite what many Canadians seem to believe—roadside testing methods for cannabis intoxication have been widely panned as inaccurate. … Meanwhile, B.C. lawyers Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko of Acumen Law acquired
Morgan and Brad speak with Paul Doroshenko, Criminal defense lawyer regarding a man who is being sued by one of the suspected thieves who entered his property. … Paul: “Well I can understand why people looking at it would think that it is ridiculous that he could sue because of course, he is unlawfully in
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A judge in Kelowna has ruled against a woman who tried to fight a ticket that she received for eating with chopsticks while speeding on Highway 33. RCMP cited Corinne Jackson in November of last year after a constable saw her with a bowl in her left hand and a pair of chopsticks in her
Can you successfully fight a parking ticket if you get one? Sometimes you get a ticket at a municipal parking lot or a parking metre and you can fight that. What if you get an unfair ticket out of private parking lot? Paul Doroshenko gives pieces of advice on what to do about a parking
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KAMLOOPS – It seems like Kamloops just got a little more groovy. A Kamloops man has decided to bring together those who believe in the healing powers of psychedelics with a Facebook group. The Kamloops Psychedelic Society aims to connect people who want to learn more about various psychedelic drugs. The group was created by Jason Micheal
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The father of a 14-year-old Langley boy who died of an apparent overdose is outraged and heartbroken after watching a disturbing video that appears to show the final hours of his son’s life. The video, which has circulated on Snapchat and other social media platforms before being sent to Global News, shows Carson Crimeni
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Watch that speedometer as you drive through certain intersections. As of Monday, B.C.’s new automated speed cameras start to go live, with dozens eventually to be up and running by next spring at traffic signals right across the province. The owner of a speeding vehicle will be ticketed if tagged by
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When Pearly and Clara Brissenden died nearly 30 years ago, they left their 2.4-acre property to the District of West Vancouver, with instructions that it be transformed into a public park. Now, the district is facing a lawsuit claiming that it hasn’t lived up to its end of the bargain, and has in fact profited
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Pratik Mehta thought he only was paying $3.50 for a half hour of parking at an Impark lot in downtown Vancouver last May. Instead, he came away with bill for $89.25 for overstaying by 20 minutes. “It’s definitely outrageous and definitely arbitrary” says Mehta. His oversight? Mehta hadn’t seen the sign where the small print notifies Impark customers they are
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On May 6, Canadian media–including The GrowthOp–breathlessly reported that lawyers at Acumen Law had tested the federally approved Drager DrugTest 5000, which subsequently showed false positives for opioids, cocaine and other drugs after subjects consumed benign items such as Tim Hortons’ poppyseed cake, CBD extract and a particular tea. Vancouver lawyer Kyla Lee made headlines with allegations that 17 minutes
A drug-testing device approved last fall turns back positive test results for opiates after merely eating a substance that has so far never faced legal sanctions in Canada: a poppy seed muffin from Tim Hortons. The Dräger DrugTest 5000 was approved by the justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help combat impaired driving. But the approach
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