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Kyla Lee on Daybreak Kamloops: B.C. considers tighter bail laws for abusers

“The only thing that new legislation could do is create more reverse onus provisions where rather than the Crown having to prove why you should be held in custody, you have to prove why you should be released… Beyond that, anything the government does to interfere with the right to reasonable bail would likely be seen as a violation of the charter protected right…”

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 352

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Naked Travel Edition

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we’re looking at the summer travel season’s least fashionable trend: getting naked in public. Whether it’s 40,000 feet in the air or sprinting through a major airport terminal, some travellers are taking the phrase “dress down for the flight” too literally.

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Kyla Lee on Borderlines: 165 – Is Canada Soft on Crime?

Kyla Lee joined the Borderlines podcast to explain how the Canadian criminal justice system actually handles bail, sentencing, and mental health — and to respond to the common perception that the country is soft on crime.

She began with bail, clarifying that most people charged with a crime are released unless the offence is serious or the person has a criminal record. “You’re presumed innocent until proven guilty, and your right to reasonable bail is enshrined in the Charter,” she said. When asked about people being held in custody when they may not even receive a jail sentence, she explained, “Very rarely would somebody be held pending the outcome of their case if the sentence is not likely to include jail.”

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 350

Cartoon scene showing rogue cyclists involved in wild acts—slashing a police tire, fighting a delivery driver, and robbing an elderly woman.

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: When Cyclists Go Rogue

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we turn our focus to bicycles. Not the kind that quietly glide through parks or get people to work in the sunshine, but the ones caught up in bizarre crimes. As the weather warms up and people start riding more, we’re reminded that cyclists—like anyone else—can lose their cool, act out, or just plain cross the line.

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 348

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Heavy Equipment Edition

This week in Bonnyville, Alberta, an individual used a stolen trackhoe to damage RCMP vehicles parked outside the local detachment and dropped boulders in front of the prisoner loading bay. Entertaining? Yes. Startling? No question. But more than anything, it reveals a growing trend: the increased use of construction equipment in crimes—either to “fight the man” or simply to generally cause destruction.

This week’s Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at a few other recent incidents where someone jumped into a piece of heavy machinery, got themselves arrested, and ultimately wound up standing in front of judge.

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WiCCD: Who Cares? Episode #46 About Impaired Driving with Kyla Lee

In Episode #46 of the Who Cares? podcast, Kyla Lee joins to talk about the latest major updates in impaired driving law. Known nationally for her work in this area, Kyla shares key insights into how recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions are shaping the defence of impaired driving cases.

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Kyla Lee on CBC News: Poilievre’s Plan to Arrest Homeless

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to deal with encampments of homeless people by arresting them. He pledged to clean up the problem in parks but to also get drug treatment for those who need it. Critics want to know how criminalizing homelessness deals with unaffordable housing and helping people in need. 

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 340

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we’re talking about bombs. More specifically, people getting arrested for bomb-related crimes. If you search “bomb” and “arrest,” you’ll find plenty of cases of people making threats, building explosives, or actually using them. It’s reckless, dangerous, and always lands someone in handcuffs. Somehow everyone seems to get caught. Here are three cases that prove just how seriously the courts take this kind of stupidity.

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