Judge L.Wayne Smith found Terry Cardin, owner and operator of Valle Vista Stables, guilty of using his horse to assault a woman and her 14-year old daughter. Mr. Cardin, who offers trail riding and daycamps for children and special needs clients, was also convicted of mischief under $5,000 for keying…
U.S. stores are giving accused shoplifters a choice on whether or not they will call the police- but it comes at a price. How it Works: A store security guard catches an apparent shoplifter, pulls them aside, runs through their database to check for any outstanding warrant, and then gives…
Mike de Jong, B.C. Minister of Finance, has introduced a new bill that could refuse renewal of drivers’ licences for those who have unpaid student loans or court fines.The proposed bill was introduced in the legislature on February 26, 2015 and would expand the Insurance Company of B.C. (ICBC) function…
Dog Thief or Dog Rescuer? Janet Olson, a 61 year old White Rock woman, was sentenced on 2 charges of theft and one charge of breaking and entering for unlawfully taking a dogs from back yards in Chilliwack, Richmond, and Coquitlam, between March 2009 and November 2011. Ms. Olson, who was…
Last week, Samsung warned its Smart TV users that the television records users background conversations. The voice recognition technology, used to change channels or recommend movies for example, records voices in the TV’s vicinity and transmits them to a third party. Is this a privacy issue? That third party company…