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Weird Canadian Laws of the Month
The following pieces have been taken from: Wojna, Lisa. Wierd Canadian Laws, Strange, Bizarre, Wacky & Absurd.
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Keep it to yourself!
Your pet might be lovable, but if it's a snake, tarantula or scorpion, chances are your neighbour or anyone else passing by won't be in too much of a hurry to see it. And in 1990, the City of Kingston, ON, made it illegal to carry this type of pet in any public place, considering it a public nuisance. The only exception to the rule were schools, zoos or veterinary offices. Anyone transporting a snake, tarantula or scorpion was required to place the creature in a cloth bag to be then "contained inside a durable box having a lid, which is securely fastened." Breaking the law could make a $2000.00 dent in your bank account.
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New Changes to MTO Impaired Driving – Click here to view information
Right to telephone call after arrest
The right to make only one telephone call after being arrested seems to have taken on a mythical aspect which has no foundation in law. Where an accused persons is told by the police that she can only make one telephone call that fact is fatal to any claim by the Crown that an accused has been properly informed of her rights: R. v. Pavel (1989), 53 C.C.C. (3d) 296 (Ont. C.A.). There is no rule of law limiting a detained person to one telephone call. Reasonable conduct on the part of the police is required, which may require a plurality of calls. The "one phone call" rule is a fiction of
Don't Talk to the Police (video presentation)
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE&feature=related
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Street Hockey Code of Conduct in
http://www.cityofkingston.ca/pdf/council/agenda/2008/A16_Rpt92.pdf
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Information for my Students:
Link to Judicial Interim Release Form: http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=jHaKhp3RGoE%3D&tabid=321&mid=829
Interesting case... A published "bail" hearing: http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2011/2011oncj18/2011oncj18.html