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The Liberal government is proposing “draconian penalties” in the Criminal Code as part of its sweeping plan to target online hate, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns. 

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Kyla in The Town and Country Today: Online harms: Civil liberty, law critics say stiffer hate crime sentences ‘troubling’Read More »

Quitting without giving proper notice could land you in legal trouble.

That’s what happened in late January, when two B.C. employers attempted to recoup thousands from their recently-departed employees after the workers quit their jobs without proper notice…

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Today on Radio NL News Mornings with Jeff & Bill: Canadians quitting their jobs without proper notice could face legal troubleRead More »

Mo Amir, host of the podcast This is VANCOLOUR, and Kyla Lee, a Vancouver criminal lawyer for Acumen Law Corporation, discuss key highlights from today’s B.C. budget, the fact that millennials now outnumber baby boomers in Canada, and where they’d suggest celebrities should go (including, to eat) when they’re in town.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Breaking down highlights from today’s B.C. budgetRead More »

“Even though this is the ninth conviction, it was the first conviction in a really long period of time.”

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Kyla on Radio NL News Mornings with Paul & Bill: B.C. drunk driver gets 30 days in jail after ninth convictionRead More »

The Metro Vancouver trucking company that has been accused of hitting multiple overpasses will no longer be able to operate in B.C., and a lawyer specializing in driving infractions tells CityNews this is likely the end of the road for Chohan Freight Forwarders.

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Kyla on City News: Likely end of the road for trucking company accused of hitting multiple overpassesRead More »

A trucking company that has been involved in several overpass strikes has lost its licence to operate in the province.

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Kyla on The Jill Bennett Show: Trucks hitting overpasses, New polling on BC’s single-use plastics ban, & Tackling Canada’s inflation rates!Read More »

“This seems to be someone who’s had an issue with alcohol and driving who had it under control for over 20 years, and then had a bit of a slip and ended up in a very unfortunate situation.”

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Kyla on Weekends with Rob Fai: Driver’s 9th DUI gets 30 days in jailRead More »

Mo Amir, host of the podcast This is VANCOLOUR, and Kyla Lee, a Vancouver criminal lawyer for Acumen Law Corporation, discuss whether or not it’s a good thing people stay in office for decades, Richmond City Council safe consumption site drama and cat clones.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Discussing the chaosRead More »

A flight school in Pitt Meadows, B.C., is taking a man to court for remaining firmly grounded at its dormitories for more than two years after he stopped being a student there…

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Kyla on Radio NL News with Jeff & Bill: B.C. flight school dropout still refusing to leave dorm, 2 years laterRead More »

Today, the Star is analyzing a claim Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has made multiple times over the past year: that 40 offenders in Vancouver were arrested 6,000 times over the course of a single year. Many times, but not always, Poilievre says the offenders were violent, or links the statistic to the issue of repeat offenders committing violent crimes while released on bail.  

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Kyla in The Toronto Star: Pierre Poilievre claims 40 offenders were arrested 6,000 times in Vancouver in a year. Is that actually true?Read More »