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The final weekend before Christmas is full of festive get-togethers. Unfortunately more gatherings often mean more impaired drivers on the roads. Steve Sullivan of MADD Canada speaks with Global News Morning about the importance of driving sober, or planning for a safe ride home when you have been drinking.

A sentencing hearing began today in Cranbrook for the woman who pleaded guilty in a deadly drunk driving crash. As Kristen Robinson reports, loved ones of the three young men killed are sharing their emotional impact statements.

Calgary student Aryan Sharma joins Global News Morning Calgary to discuss his project, DU-Eye, which uses artificial intelligence to detect impaired drivers in real time.

In an effort to keep the roads safe, Lethbridge police officers will be running a blitz targeting impaired drivers this month. Justin Sibbet reports.

Stay sober or plan a safe ride home – It’s a message some Manitobans still aren’t listening to, as officials call on drivers to keep our roads safe this holiday season. Vasilios Bellos has more.

MADD Saskatoon is spreading awareness about drunk driving over the holidays with their Red Ribbon Campaign. With roads getting busier and Christmas events, driving impaired is more common during last months of the year. It is important for people to plan a safe ride home.

Three years after Canadian Armed Forces veteran Samantha Wylie was killed in a horrific accident on a highway west of Calgary, the woman who was driving the other vehicle involved has been sentenced on a charge of impaired driving causing death. As Elissa Carpenter reports, Deirdre Snow will spend the next three-and-a-half years in a...

WATCH: Saskatchewan RCMP Insp. Knelsen reminds drivers to be safe on the roads following a significant increase in fatalities on provincial roads in November. Insp. Knelsen also shares what fines look like for impaired driving, distracted driving, and not wearing a seatbelt.

Global News Winnipeg at 6: Winnipeg police catch 40 impaired drivers in holiday checkstop program; officials warning Manitobans to stay off thin ice; oinal holiday shopping push underway

A Belleville police officer is one of more than a dozen recipients of the 2024 Ontario medal for police bravery. Acting Sergeant Jess Sarley was awarded the provinces highest honour for his heroic effort to stop a dangerous impaired driver.

A 23-year-old man faces several charges, including robbery and impaired operation of a motor vehicle, after an alleged carjacking in the community of Walden on Sunday. One witness says the driver crashed the vehicle into a pole moments after her vehicle was hit.

As Catherine McDonald reports, Arjun Sahota is also charged with impaired and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Arjun Sahota testified Thursday that he was not impaired on the night of Oct. 20, 2022, when he drove the wrong way down York Street, struck a pedestrian and fled the scene. As Catherine McDonald reports, Sahota says he has no memory of the collision which left a pedestrian with life altering injuries.

A new roadside memorial sign now marks the location where a Trenton woman was killed by an impaired driver in 2021. Jesse Reynolds was on site as her family, together with MADD Canada, unveiled the sign. A lasting reminder for drivers to make safer choices.

Two crashes on Manitoba roads this past week resulted in the drivers being arrested for impaired driving as concerns are being raised over the message not getting across.

A man was arrested after police say he was driving in Western Manitoba while three times over the legal limit.

Prince Albert Grand Council discusses the development of a regional Indigenous led police force. The federal government announces a multi-million dollar investment for new affordable housing in Saskatoon. A 37 year old man is facing multiple charges including impaired driving after an early morning collision on University Bridge.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford introduced “Andrew’s Law” on Friday which will aim to amend the Ontario Highway Traffic Act when it comes to serious offences. “Dangerous driving, impaired driving, stunt driving… There should be immediate licence suspension. Life-time driving bans,” Ford says, adding a host of other offences to the proposed law.

The app allows officers conducting standard field sobriety testing to be more efficient, replacing the current paper and pen method of tabulating results. Catherine McDonald reports.

Police are still investigating a crash in Winnipeg Saturday night that killed two people, but say they’ve arrested a suspect who now faces a half-dozen charges, including two counts of impaired driving causing death. Katherine Dornian reports.