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Vancouverites can spend a day at Wreck Beach in the nude, but they could face more than raised eyebrows for doing it at other beaches in the city.

According to the Canadian Criminal Code section 174, no one can be nude, without lawful excuse, in a public space or on private property while exposed to public view; it doesn’t matter if the property is their own or not.

Anyone nude in public view is “guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.”

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Kyla in Vancouver is Awesome: Is it always illegal to be naked in public in Vancouver? What to know about nudity rulesRead More »

Drivers in British Columbia now have to meet minimum distances between their vehicle and people walking or riding on provincial roads. The new rules start Monday and require drivers to stay at least a metre away from vulnerable road users if the speed limit is up to 50 kilometres an hour, and a metre-and-a-half at speeds over that.

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Kyla on the Jill Bennett Show: BC drivers now have to meet minimum distances between their vehicle and cyclistsRead More »

The truck driver who caused the horrific bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was ordered Friday to be deported to India.

An Immigration and Refugee Board hearing for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu announced its decision in a 15-minute virtual hearing…

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Today on Radio NL News Mornings with Jeff Andreas: Driver in 2018 Humboldt Broncos crash, to be deportedRead More »

Podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee weigh in on a B.C. Supreme Court decision that forces the City of Surrey to transition to a municipal police force, saying most people in Surrey would like to move on from the saga.

“It is a short decision. Interestingly, when you are appealing a decision of a judge sitting on judicial review, essentially the court of appeal kind of does a brand new hearing… They use alol the same evidence but it’s kind of like another kick at the can at the appellate level…”

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Kyla on Star Local Media: B.C. Supreme Court rules Surrey police transition must go aheadRead More »

Months after B.C.’s Pay Transparency Act came into effect, some B.C. companies are still dragging their heels when it comes to compliance.

The new legislation requires that, as of Nov. 1, all provincially regulated employers in B.C. must include the expected salary range in publicly advertised positions.

However, nearly a quarter of job posts for positions in the province missed the salary information, according to a recently released report from job site Indeed, which examined job posts on its site in February…

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This week on Radio NL News Mornings with Jeff Andreas: 1 in 4 B.C. job postings missing salary figuresRead More »