Impaired Driving Causing Death

• Man who sped, drove drunk causing deadly Toronto crash pleads guilty

  A man who drove three times the speed limit on Lake Shore Boulevard while drunk, causing a crash and killing his passenger, has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death.

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  Nov 18, 2025
  
• Toronto man who drove drunk, killing best friend, given 5-year prison sentence

  The man had been out on bail with conditions including that he not drive. He was convicted in April of impaired driving causing the death of his 19-year-old friend.

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  Sep 25, 2025
  
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• Family of woman killed in Gardiner hit-and-run speaks out, driver granted bail

  The family of a woman killed in a fatal hit-and-run on the Gardiner Expressway are describing the heartbreak the crash has caused them. The accused driver was granted bail Friday.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2024
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• Sherwood Park man sentenced to 5 years for 2022 impaired driving crash that killed Edmonton couple

  A Sherwood Park man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death in a 2022 collision that left an Edmonton couple dead was sentenced Monday to five years behind bars.

  Crime

  May 27, 2024
• Crown seeks 5 years for Sherwood Park man guilty of impaired driving causing death

  The Crown is seeking a sentence of five years in jail for a Sherwood Park man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death in an August 2022 collision in Strathcona County.

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  Apr 21, 2024
• Nanaimo soccer community mourns man killed in crash with suspected drunk driver

  Reid Davidson, a key member of the Nanaimo United soccer organization, was killed in a head-on crash with a suspected drunk driver last week.

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2023
• ‘It’s a time for love’: Vigil held in honour boy killed in crash in St. Thomas, Ont

  People in red shirts gathered on Monday evening in St. Thomas on what would have been Curtis Aiden’s 12th birthday. The boy was killed last week by an allegedly impaired driver.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
• 6.5-year sentence for man who drove impaired by cannabis, killing Oakville mother

  'Mr. Hyde read a statement in court apologizing and showing remorse to our family and asked for forgiveness and I don't buy it. I don't accept it,' Louise Whiten's widower said.

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  Mar 28, 2023
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• ‘Despicable and selfish act’: Impaired driver who killed Oakville mother about to be sentenced

  Court heard Louise Whiten was a beloved wife, mother of two teenage boys and well-respected speech pathologist who helped children with autism.

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  Feb 16, 2023
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• Original decision in death of girl ‘legally flawed,’ N.S. Court of Appeal says

  Talia Forrest, a 10-year-old girl, was struck and killed by on the evening of July 11, 2019, while riding her bike with a friend on Black Rock Road in Big Bras d’Or.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2023