“…here the government just walked away. They weren’t negotiating in good faith at all…” “I don’t think the court is going to say ‘tough luck’. I think the court is going to protect the right you have to be represented in court. So I don’t think this is going to go well for the Alberta […]
While grabbing a bite at a Wendy’s restaurant, the driver said an officer slipped a parking ticket under his windshield wiper. “Morally and ethically I don’t believe I should pay this,” Eric Findlay, a British Columbia resident told Global News in January 2024. “We were all surprised because I had only been to Wendy’s.” … “With these private parking companies unfortunately
“If you get a traffic ticket, I say dispute it. The money really isn’t the issue, the issue is the stigma of it” “It’s up to the police officer acting as the prosecutor for the Crown to prove the ticket, and they’ve got to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt” “If there’s a doubt on
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“They’re basically looking at robot police, policing intersections with photo radar” “They are so many problems with it right, people aren’t disputing them. We generally would discourage it because the cost of your day versus the impact of the ticket which is nothing for you. It doesn’t show up on your driving record, it’s only
A grieving BC dad is fighting a speeding ticket against his deceased son. Are we in denial about real-estate affordability? Pierre Poilievre says he will defund the CBC if he’s elected Prime Minister. “It doesn’t show up on your driving record. There’s a recognition that we don’t know who the driver was. You couldn’t prove
A day after a man was acquitted of dangerous driving in a tragic crash that killed a Vancouver child, a legal expert is explaining why prosecutors struggled to secure a conviction. Seyed Moshfeghi Zadeh was acquitted of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm in the July 6, 2021, crash
“100km an hour over the speed limit is just inherently risky and dangerous and they could have been charged with dangerous driving and I think there’s a trend these days for police if they feel they have that evidence, to submit it to Crown counsel for dangerous driving charges… But the problem is they do
“This is the worst I’ve ever seen, I couldn’t believe it, 234 km/h on the Lion’s Gate bridge, this is dangerous driving…you can get a dangerous charge for speeding” “Speeds like this, you know, you put everybody at risk on the road, there’s no way it can be done safely and it’s of course far
Are the parking signs placed beside some Vancouver bike lanes leaving drivers confused? That was one of the questions debated online over the Easter weekend after a Reddit user shared a picture(opens in a new tab) of a Tesla illegally parked in a bike lane downtown. The picture was taken near Dunsmuir and Beatty streets, where an
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Our Soapbox Social panel, Mo Amir and Kyla Lee, weighs in on B.C.’s home-flipping tax, highlighting its significance as a step towards addressing the issue while raising questions about whether it can curb housing speculation and make homeownership more accessible. “They see housing as an investment and at the end of the day, this isn’t
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In a decision destined to dash the dreams of leadfooted armchair lawyers, British Columbia’s top court has thrown cold water on the commonly-held myth a poorly written speeding ticket is an automatic get-out-of-jail-free card. In a ruling released this week, the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned a lower court victory for a man who was able to quash a
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“Now the RCMP have announced they are rolling this out across the province, where if you are pulled over for any reason, they’re just going to start right away, get your driver’s license and then make a mandatory approved screening device test and make you blow right there.” “This one doesn’t require the police officer
