Over the 11 years ending in 2017 an average of about 5,762 wildlife collisions were noted in the Wildlife Accident Reporting System each year. The data is provided by BC’s road maintenance contractors. I suspect that this number is not…
Vancouver (Kris Sims – Canadian Taxpayers Federation) – The mission of cities is creeping, the cost to taxpayers is skyrocketing and they need watchdogs to guard their wallets. Most people want city halls to spend money wisely and to take care of…
Toronto – Despite businesses reopening and operations resuming, six out of ten small business owners in Canada fear consumer spending will stay low even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, says a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) survey. The only…
Technology is a wonderful thing. Those of us whose mobility is restricted have had their capabilities enhanced through the use of motorized wheelchairs. A number of readers have observed that the operators of these scooters seem to drive them wherever…
Vancouver (Kyla Lee/Acumen Law) – It is the pipeline that crosses the Fraser Valley and will be twinned in the near future. Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer…
Ottawa/Fraser Valley – It is expected from the Opposition, and the party Whip- who is also the local MP. On the heels of the We Charity scandal, and the cabinet shakeup following Monday’s resignation of the Federal Finance Minister Bill…
I watched a television news story about a traffic collision that interviewed family members exiting the courthouse. One of the people lamented that if the known bad driver had been prohibited from driving the whole incident that brought them there…
Have you ever felt upset enough about something that happened around you in traffic that you wanted to report it to the police? I’m sure that we’ve all felt that way at one time or another but haven’t followed through…
Vancouver —British Columbia’s new “health tax” will cost the average worker nearly $3,000 a year in foregone wages, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “While the government’s new tax…
Our society’s tolerance for drinking and driving continues to narrow. When I started policing in the 1980s it was a major investigation to convict someone for impaired driving. An investigator had to develop skills and experience in the detection of…