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Criminal lawyer Kyla Lee said that showing your receipt at the door was not only unethical but illegal in Canada. She told CBC News: “In Canadian law, store employees or staff are not allowed to physically stop you from leaving or search your belongings unless they actually witness you commit an offense. “You are free to walk […]

Some locals may have been caught off guard by a horde of nude cyclists riding through the city’s West End and downtown over the weekend.  The World Naked Bike Race, which originated in Vancouver and has since spread to other global cities like Portland, London, and Amsterdam, is positioned as a protest targeting fossil fuels, body images, and war.

Loblaw is a Candian-based superstore chain that recently began putting signs on their doors announcing that they will now be checking receipts on their way out of the store. Shoppers began to complain after the signs were spotted, CBC News reported. “I was really disgusted. I thought it was really adding insult to injury after all the price gouging,”

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim shotgunned a beer at the Khatsahlano Street Party main stage Saturday and in doing so stirred debate on social media about both Vancouver’s reputation as a so-called “no fun city” but also the ongoing matter of policing the open use of drugs on streets and in parks — something the mayor

Police say that a man was arrested for DRUNK CANOEING on Christina Lake. “…When you’re boating you are not just dealing with yourself – there are other people using the waterway whether it’s swimmers or other boaters, and you’re not making good decisions when you’re in your boat. You could end up posing a hazard

Tamara Taggart & Kyla Lee: BC politicians should stop gaslighting the public! This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits with regular contributors Tamara Taggart and Kyla Lee to discuss if it’s high-time for BC politicians to stop gaslighting the public.“…those are the people that end up getting the most attention, whether it’s that they get

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 8-0 that sentencing judges imposing a mandatory minimum driving prohibition under the Criminal Code have the common law discretion to credit the offender with the time the offender was prohibited from driving while awaiting trial. Justice Nicholas Kasirer’s unanimous judgment clarifies two main points for the bar and bench: (1)

The organizer of an annual cannabis protest in Vancouver says a similar event planned for Canada Day won’t move forward due to a lack of interest.  Robert Moore founded World Cannabis in 2014 with a couple of other marijuana advocates in Vancouver but is now the sole proprietor of the organization. He organizes several pot “protests” throughout the

Being ticketed at a privately operated parking lot in Vancouver is a frustrating experience that appears to be all-too-common in the city, and after Daily Hive Urbanized reported a story about it this week, more residents have voiced their frustrations. A Vancouver broadcaster shared his story of being ticketed even though he paid for parking at a

John McCracken says he was shocked when he recently spotted a new sign at his local Loblaw-owned Superstore just outside Halifax, warning customers the store was conducting receipt checks when shoppers exit.  “I was really disgusted. I thought it was really adding insult to injury after all the price gouging,” said McCracken, referring to claims Loblaw has