How responsible should bar establishments be for our drunkenness?

March 22, 2009

CTV.ca – Canada
Kelly Brook of Cambridge, Ont., who also lost her son to drinking and driving, believes that the answer is harsher penalties for bars and restaurants which

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Sellers of fine booze brace for sobering times

December 29, 2008
Sellers of fine booze brace for sobering times

Champagne and icewine sales are down, but some retailers are hoping investors will ditch their stocks to invest in rare vino  ….

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BC drunk driving convicts to use breathalyzer each time they drive

December 21, 2008

BC drunk driving convicts to use breathalyzer each time they drive
Metro Canada – Vancouver – Vancouver,Canada
Beginning in February, people convicted of drinking and driving in BC will have prove they’re sober each time they get behind the wheel by using

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Views: Bush, drunken driving, bus fare

November 19, 2008

Views: Bush, drunken driving, bus fare
Wisconsin State Journal – Madison,WI,USA
In Canada, the first drinking and driving offense warrants loss of license for one year and the equivalent of a $600 fine. In Australia the punishment

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Former CBC host Black guilty of DUI charges

October 20, 2008

Windsor Star – Ontario, Canada
Canadian humourist and former CBC host Arthur Black pleaded guilty this week in Ganges, BC, provincial court to driving without due care and attention.

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Toronto Public Health wants province to toughen its drinking and …

May 19, 2008

Toronto Public Health wants province to toughen its drinking and
680 News – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Toronto – Toronto Public Health has called on the province to make changes to its drinking and driving laws. Primarily, it would like the province to impose .. Click for more


Teen Drinking and Driving

April 17, 2008

Teen Drinking and Driving
Westcoaster – Port Alberni,BC,Canada
The last time I checked, the legal drinking age in British Columbia was 19. Had the law been followed, the majority of the teens at the party would not have Click for more


Supreme Court strikes blow to ‘two-beer defence’

April 17, 2008

Supreme Court strikes blow to ‘two-beer defence’
Globe and Mail – Canada
”To admit such a defence would obviously fly in the face,” of Parliament’s desire to bring drinking and driving under control, Madam Justice Louise Charron Click for more


Ontario ready to seize, sell cars used by drunk drivers

February 26, 2008

Globe and Mail – Canada
It allows the courts to impound a vehicle involved in a drinking and driving offence if it was also owned or driven by someone whose licence was suspended Click for more


Not drinking and driving

February 13, 2008

Not drinking and driving
Newsdurhamregion.com – Durham,Ontario,Canada
Another man admitted to just finishing a joint while driving with a one-year-old child in the car. Officers stopped just more than 2750 vehicles during the Click for more