Vancouver — This October’s federal election is shaping up to be one of the closest fought elections in recent memory. Students and young people know they have a chance to shape the outcome: for the first time in 40 years…
Two women once appeared for trial on on of my traffic court dates. Both were disputing a ticket for failing to wear a seat belt under section 220(4) of the Motor Vehicle Act. They each testified that they were wearing…
Chilliwack – Janice Eves sent this opinion piece to FVN as well as Chilliwack Citizens for Change: The disappointing culmination of recent events, after all the tireless efforts and heartfelt words of so many of you, has really sent me…
New Westminster ( Tanysha Klassen, Chairperson, BC Federation of Students ) – As students across the province head to college and university campuses today, many of them will be thinking hard about their student loans. Without a student grant program…
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 8:07 am marks the opening of the elementary school nearest to where I live. Time to think about school zones and school bus safety for another year. It will be easy to obey the flashing…
Vancouver (Angus Reid) – In an (unofficial) election campaign where more than half the electorate is available, the focus of party leaders over the next seven weeks shifts from winning over the masses to persuading malleable segments of the increasingly…
We live in a wonderful country where violence is still something relatively rare. If we are stopped by the police we tend not to worry and dig out our driver’s license and vehicle registration wherever it might be in the…
This must be speed week as I have heard from two drivers who are having difficulty following the speed limits and one who knew that he was speeding and wanted advice to plan his ticket dispute. The three situations give…
I’ve probably said this before, but when I applied the same tolerance under the speed limit as I did for those driving over the speed limit and factored in the advisory signs for speed I seldom found a driver going…
One of the critical concepts I learned as a collision investigator this that fully loaded heavy trucks have 50 to 60% of the braking capability of light vehicles. This assumes that the braking system is not overheated, has been maintained…