Intoxication

• Police panel testifies at custody deaths inquest about intoxication resources

  Officers told a coroner's inquest into the custody deaths of two Indigenous men that communities need more alternative spaces for people who are publicly intoxicated.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2022
  
• Guelph, Ont. man found drinking in public, throws beer can at officer: police

  According to police in Guelph, Ont., a man who was found drinking beer downtown threw the can at a police officer after being told it was illegal to consume alcohol in public.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2022
  
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• Two teens arrested after drunken encounters with Belleville police

  A 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were arrested after intoxicated encounters with police.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2022
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• Extreme intoxication bill becomes law after flying through Senate

  Justice Minister David Lametti had called for its speedy passage so the gap in the law could be addressed before Parliament rose for a summer break.

  Politics

  Jun 23, 2022
• Extreme intoxication bill unanimously passes House of Commons, heads to Senate

  The Senate can now move to follow a similar process and pass Bill C-28 at all stages by way of a unanimous motion, but several senators have indicated they want more scrutiny.

  Politics

  Jun 22, 2022
• Extreme intoxication bill will get unanimous fast-tracking through House of Commons

  Bill C-28 would update the Criminal Code to create a new standard for criminal liability when a person commits a crime "in a state of negligent self-induced extreme intoxication."

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2022
• Stonewall RCMP charge man with assaulting officers

  According to police, officers were called to a disturbance at an unnamed business on Road 236 in the RM of Rosser around 11 a.m. March 8.

  Crime

  Mar 15, 2022
• Meadow Lake, Sask. woman pulled over for intoxication while driving car with no roof

  A 27-year-old woman from Meadow Lake is facing several charges after RCMP found her driving intoxicated in a car that had its roof completely torn off.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2021
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• Man arrested for drug offences after being found intoxicated at RCMP officer’s home

  Upon searching the man, police said the officer located what appeared to be 20 grams of crack cocaine and a sum of money.

  Crime

  Sep 8, 2020
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• Mother calls for strict sentence in son’s 2016 death in Halifax jail cell

  Corey Rogers, who was intoxicated, died of suffocation while lying in the cell with the spit hood covering his mouth as he appeared to be vomiting.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2020