March 2026

Episode 443: Hit-and-Run Insurance, Breath Test Refusals & a Police Cruiser on a Trailer

This week, we discuss a B.C. Court of Appeal decision clarifying what victims must do to identify a hit-and-run driver before claiming compensation from ICBC. We also break down a judicial review involving a roadside breath test refusal and the Immediate Roadside Prohibition system.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Eby and Open AI, Daylight Saving time and more from City Hall

B.C. Premier David Eby says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has agreed to apologize to the people of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after it emerged the AI giant didn’t report a mass shooter’s account to authorities. Also, B.C. is permanently adopting daylight time, making its “spring forward” on March 8 the last time change.

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This is VANCOLOUR: Kyla’s Court – Should we ‘legalize’ some banned weapons for self-defence?

As public safety concerns grow, some women are choosing to carry prohibited items like bear spray for personal protection. This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks criminal defence lawyer Kyla Lee how quickly self-protection can turn into criminal liability. What does Canadian law actually allow when it comes to self-defence, and what could happen if you’re caught?

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Impaired Driving Update – BC Edition: Volume 14

Welcome to British Columbia’s only weekly DUI law update newsletter. This newsletter contains the most cutting-edge information, the newest case law, and helpful practice tips for DUI defence in BC.

Authored by Kyla Lee, BC’s Impaired Driving Update is released weekly on Thursdays.

What’s inside:

  • Impaired Driving Defence Tip
  • IRP Decision of the Week
  • DUI Decision of the Week
  • Kyla’s Insight
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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 388

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Crypto Criminals, Poop Avengers, and the World’s Most Expensive Photograph

Welcome back to Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, where the legal news is stranger than fiction and the criminals are somehow getting dumber yet more ambitious and successful at the same time. This week, we are going full crypto. Not because cryptocurrency is inherently weird (though let’s be honest, it kind of is) but because the people using it apparently never got the memo that “anonymous” does not mean “unstoppable.”

Buckle up.

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My Face is Not a Public Commodity – Clearview AI Loses Legal Challenge

In a digital world where we share photos of our lives daily, a recent landmark court decision in British Columbia has just set a huge legal boundary: just because your photo is online doesn’t mean it’s public property for any company to use.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently delivered its judgment in Clearview AI Inc. v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), a case with massive implications for our digital privacy.

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Foreign Buyer’s Tax: Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!

Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!”

In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case involving British Columbia’s foreign buyers tax. The province imposed an additional property transfer tax on foreign purchasers in response to the housing crisis, with the goal of prioritizing housing for Canadian residents. The challenge arose when a noncitizen incorporated a Canadian company to purchase property, arguing that because a corporation is a legal person and the company was Canadian, the foreign buyers tax should not apply. The Court of Appeal rejected that argument and upheld the application of the tax. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the appeal.

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