This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we dive into the fascinating world of lawyers dropping their clients. The term “drop” feels dramatic, conjuring images of being dumped, losing grip on your phone while on the open water or worse yet, being let go into a bottomless pit!
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Delivery and rideshare workers and advocates are urging the B.C. government to review its distracted driving laws following a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that determined accepting a delivery order on a phone while driving is illegal.
The case involved Vancouver-based Uber Eats driver Vasu Subhashbhai Virda, who was ticketed on July 31, 2024, for tapping his phone to accept a delivery order while driving.
Virda testified that he had tapped the screen once to accept a delivery offer through the Uber Eats app, which he said he had to respond to within five seconds.
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Canada’s politicians are completely divided on how to navigate Trump’s tariff threats. They’re disagreeing, while we’re suffering. Plus, should gig workers be allowed to use their phones while driving? Legal clarification is desperately needed! Finally, we’ll talk about a shocking reality—Canadians are now less than $200 away from not being to pay their bills!
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Vancouverites planning on balcony makeovers may want to consider how the changes will impact their neighbours.
While the City of Vancouver doesn’t have specific regulations focused on decorations or conduct on patios or balconies, it does have bylaws concerning how patio decorations and furniture impact neighbours.
Residents must also consider their specific building’s rules regarding what they may have.
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A retired firefighter who suffered significant injuries after being hit by a car while cycling says due to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia’s (ICBC) no-fault insurance system, he’s not getting the care he needs.
On May 16, 2023, Wakefield was hit by a vehicle while riding his ebike in Vernon, B.C., leaving him with multiple broken ribs, a broken scapula, a broken collar bone, and a concussion.
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If the U.S. government goes ahead with threats to shut down TikTok, the legal profession will suffer a loss. Some attorneys who use the popular social media platform say they like its ability to educate the public on legal issues, while others embrace its ability to help them generate name recognition.
TikTok has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a law that could ban the social media app. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, signed into law in April, calls for TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the application to an American company or face a shutdown. The law was prompted by concerns that TikTok is a security risk because it allows the collection of vast amounts of information on Americans.
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This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks Kyla Lee (Acumen Law) for her legal advice on how to stay off Santa’s Naughty List this holiday season.
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Our final Soapbox Social panel of 2024. Podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee speak with host Gloria Macarenko about the week’s biggest stories: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plans to make the city bitcoin-friendly, cracks at the seams of the B.C. Conservative Party, and what Kyla and Mo learned from each other this year.
…Our Soapbox Social panel, podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee speak with Gloria Macarenko about the week’s biggest stories.
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With accommodation costs in Vancouver reaching into the thousands of dollars and the recent ticket drop of $17 tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts, some fans are looking for cheap places to sleep in Vancouver.
While it may seem like a bad idea to sleep in a car in Canada in December, it’s not illegal to do so in Vancouver.
It’s actually the parking that might land you in hot water.
“It is not City policy to ticket people sleeping in their vehicles, however, illegally parked vehicles of any kind are subject to the same street and traffic bylaws that govern all parking,” the City of Vancouver tells V.I.A.
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