July 2026

Episode 460: Electric Dirt Bikes, Tesla Autopilot, and the Sea to Sky Highway Closure

Electric dirt bikes, Tesla’s self-driving technology, and a major Sea to Sky Highway closure all raised important legal questions this week. In Episode 460 of Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko examine how these incidents highlight the challenges facing modern traffic enforcement and public safety.

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Dexerto: Woman under fire for sleeping while Tesla drives her could lose license after viral video

A woman in Canada could lose her license, among other punishments, after she was caught sleeping behind the wheel of her Tesla while on a highway.

Over the years, there have been plenty of promises of fully automated cars. Sci-fi movies and comic books made everyone believe that, at some point, you’d be able to tell your car where to go and it would do it without you needing ot be behind the wheel.

As it stands, there are a few players in the semi-automated car market, but they still come with a wheel and require human intervention where necessary. That’s why police still require drivers to be alert at all times.

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Canadian Lawyer Magazine–Annual LSBC meeting: Lawyers narrowly reject certified tech list proposal, approve privilege exception

At the Law Society of British Columbia’s annual general meeting Wednesday, lawyers across the province narrowly rejected a proposal to have the legal regulator certify a list of digital tools, including those involving AI, that lawyers can use without fear that doing so will accidentally lead to a breach of their professional obligations.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: How Operation Hard Ball intersects with Canadian politics

Operation Hard Ball is the name of a “law enforcement action” carried out by FBI and RCMP targeting 37 defendants — including Lawrence Bishnoi, the gang leader who has been imprisoned in India since 2015…

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: How Operation Hard Ball intersects with Canadian politics Read More »

Impaired Driving Update – BC Edition: Volume 32

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 of the Week
  • Decision of the Week
  • Kyla’s Insight
  • Resources
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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 406

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Snitched On By Your Own Earbuds

I spend a lot of my working life reminding people that the evidence against them usually comes from the last place they expect. On a DUI file it is the readout from a machine. On a theft file, more and more, it is a pair of earbuds sitting in a coat pocket quietly broadcasting exactly where they are.

The right to remain silent is a real protection, and I am fond of it. The trouble is that your gadgets do not have it. An AirPod cannot invoke the Charter. It cannot decline to answer questions. It just keeps announcing its location to anyone with a Find My app and a bit of patience, and lately that has been enough to end a surprising number of criminal careers. This week I found three people who learned that lesson the hard way, plus a fourth who managed to fold a Christmas twist into it.

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Can a Passenger Be Charged with Hit and Run?

Most people assume that the legal responsibility for a hit and run begins and ends with the person behind the steering wheel, but the recent Manitoba case of R. v. Barker-Young demonstrates that passengers can also face severe criminal consequences for leaving the scene of an accident.

While the driver is usually the primary focus of a police investigation, the law in Canada is broad enough to capture anyone who operates a vehicle or assists in a crime.

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CTV News: Video of Tesla driver seemingly asleep on B.C. highway prompts RCMP investigation

A startling video showing a woman apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla on Highway 1 through southeastern B.C. is raising fresh concerns about the limits of self-driving technology.

The video was captured by Caleigh King on Sunday afternoon, and shows a grey Tesla with pink accents travelling between the communities of Golden and Revelstoke.

The driver does not appear to be awake.

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Power Imbalances: 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 joint sentencing submissions and the power imbalance between the Crown and the defence. Lance Littlewolf pleaded guilty to manslaughter and, through a joint submission, was sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole eligibility for seven years. On appeal, he argued that the sentence was demonstrably unfit and that the joint submission should never have been accepted because it resulted from negotiations conducted under the threat of a dangerous offender application. The case raised broader questions about whether courts should look behind joint submissions when allegations of coercion or unequal bargaining power are involved.

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Episode 459: Saskatchewan’s IRP Plan, Cannabis Presumptions, and the Future of Impaired Driving Law

This week on Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko examine two significant legal developments that could reshape impaired driving law across Canada.

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