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The topic came up during a public meeting in Dartmouth, N.S., on Thursday, where residents spoke out over excessive speeding on Waverley Road.

“In the past month, I’ve had three near-misses where I’ve almost been hit on the sidewalk walking my dog and carrying my four-and-a-half-month-old son,” says one resident.

Dartmouth East Coun. Tony Mancini says it was just one of many concerns and complaints people living in the area have made about speeding.

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A Surrey city councillor is calling for better police access to the city’s traffic cameras. As Grace Ke reports, it comes amid growing public safety concerns as the city deals with ongoing extortion cases and their related shootings.

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For Zahra Rasul and Josh Jankovics, a proposal to crack down on reckless drivers called Xavier’s Law isn’t just about their son.

“We’re just trying to … even if it’s one more person in the future, to help save someone’s life,” Jankovics said.

CBC News: MLAs debate proposed law named after 12-year-old boy killed by vehicleRead More »

The family of the young boy killed while rollerblading outside his home on a rural road in the Cowichan Valley Aug 25, was at the legislature Monday to hear the second reading of a bill created in his name.

Kyla Lee on Chek News: MLAs, criminal lawyer express concern with ‘Xavier’s Law’Read More »

On the Coast’s Soapbox Social panelists Mo Amir and Kyla Lee weigh in with Gloria Macarenko on the fallout surrounding Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pipeline agreement with Alberta — now that federal cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned over environmental issues, concerns about building a new pipeline and lifting the tanker ban on B.C.’s north coast.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Mark Carney loses a cabinet minister after pipeline MOU with AlbertaRead More »