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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we move a little closer to home where we examine a strange recurring phenomenon in British Columbia: poop throwing. Then, we look at one of the more creative defences in a sexual assault trial that was recently rejected by an Ontario court. Finally, we kick things back into our neighbours to the south, looking at a Philadelphia prank gone horribly, horribly wrong.

This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with Paul Doroshenko of Acumen Law Corporation about the new regulation introduced in BC that will limit the ability of some trucks to use the left lane on the Coquihalla highway. Then, we talk about how a judge will decide whether a canoe is a vessel within the meaning of the Criminal Code. Finally, we hash out (hah!) the impact of cannabis legalization, one month after legalization has happened.

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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we take a look at how one of those funny-fake-names pranks can go horribly awry. Then, we examine two unusual thefts, where unlikely items were taken in unlikelier circumstances. So read on and be prepared to entertain yourself with the never-ending world of weird and wacky criminal activity.

Driving while prohibited cases are notoriously easy for the Crown to prove. They are very difficult to defend, and require special knowledge of the Motor Vehicle Act’s unique and intertwined provisions relating to service and reliance on notices, certificate evidence and its admissibility, and what constitutes a road or a highway.

This blog post breaks down some of the more readily available defences to driving while prohibited cases.

In the realm of uncertainty surrounding cannabis legalization, there is a lot of misinformation and premature legal analysis out there about when a person can and cannot smoke or possess cannabis. From my perspective as a lawyer who frequently deals with driving cases of all types, the assessment of whether or not a person can smoke or vape cannabis products in a vehicle is more complex than it may be made out in the media.

Recent articles, including on the Huffington Post, have suggested that it is illegal to consume cannabis in a vehicle, even if it is parked and there is no present intention to set the vehicle in motion. But based on my read of the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act in British Columbia, this may be an important misinterpretation.

And here’s why. Buckle up, this is getting technical and legal. But it is information cannabis users need to know.

Receiving a Notice of Intent to Prohibit can be a stressful experience. But these letters often take people by surprise. Often, that should not be the case. However, it appears that the Notice of Intent to Prohibit system at ICBC is fundamentally flawed, and therefore incapable of being administered in the proper way.

There is some serious oversight in this program that is missing, and some significant concerns about the manner in which these reviews take place that need to be addressed by ICBC and the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we finally have a reason to think about why Canada’s bestiality laws may be a problem that solves itself. Then, we look into the port-a-potty pilfering that saw over 100 public toilets disappeared. And finally, we get to revisit cannibalism. Because that’s always fun.

So grab your barf-bags, and click on to read this week’s roundup of three weird and wacky legal cases from around the world.

Since there have been several cases now of people ticketed for having cannabis in a vehicle, and since I have now received several inquiries from clients charged with these provincial offences, I thought it would be prudent to write a short blog post outlining your right to transport cannabis in your vehicle.