Impaired Driving

• First week of Saskatoon mandatory alcohol screening leads to 5 suspensions

  Saskatoon police say they suspended five drivers during the first week of its new measure that allows officers to demand a breath sample from any driver they pull over.

  Canada

  Jan 9
  
• Coalition Avenir Québec member withdraws from caucus after impaired driving arrest

  A Coalition Avenir Québec member of the legislature was arrested this week for alleged impaired driving and is withdrawing from caucus for the duration of the legal proceedings.

  Canada

  Jan 9
  
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• OPP stop truck with missing wheel, charge Hamilton man with impaired driving

  Ontario Provincial Police say a 47-year-old Hamilton man was arrested after a pickup truck was seen driving on three wheels on the QEW on New Year’s Eve.

  Crime

  Jan 2
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• Saskatoon police to start mandatory alcohol screenings in new year on traffic stops

  Other police forces in Canada have implemented mandatory alcohol screening since the Criminal Code was amended in 2018 to allow for breathalyzers without cause in traffic stops.

  Traffic

  Dec 29, 2025
• OPP charge man found crashed into highway ditch with open alcohol container

  Ontario Provincial Police said they were called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash just after midnight on Dec. 26 near Rainbow Falls Provincial Park.

  Crime

  Dec 29, 2025
• Man charged with impaired driving causing death after highway crash in Dartmouth

  Halifax Regional Police say a 31-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges, as well as firearm-related charges, after a fatal collision in Dartmouth, N.S. on Saturday night.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2025
• 5 young adults injured, 2 critically, in suspected drunk driving crash in Devon

  Impaired driving charges are pending after a vehicle full of young adults lost control and hit a parked vehicle and a tree in Devon, leaving two with life-threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Dec 22, 2025
• OPP arrest allegedly impaired Brampton driver accused of going almost 200 km/h

  OPP say a 22-year-old Brampton man was arrested after allegedly driving 193 km/h on Highway 410 while impaired. The driver is facing 10 charges, police say.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2025
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• Calgary police issue warning about impaired driving during holiday season

  Calgary police say they'll be stepping up their campaign against impaired driving by conducting check stops at different times of day throughout the month of December.

  Crime

  Dec 4, 2025
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• Ontario ponders making impaired drivers who kill parents pay child support

  The government suggested the change is based on a 2023 Texas law that requires drivers convicted of killing a parent or guardian to pay child support.

  Politics

  Nov 18, 2025