Although Ontario and Canada have strict laws against impaired driving and driving “over 80″, they could be much stricter.

An unlicensed impaired driver who killed four people in Sichuan province was handed a death sentence on July 24, 2009.  Sun Weiming, a…

The Canada Safety Council recently released a report saying the penalties under Canada’s .08 percent blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) laws are among the “toughest” in the world.

Due to this perceived toughness, some working in the alcohol industry, political sphere and…

A 26-year-old Kitchener man is looking at numerous charges after leading police on a chase from Highway 401 onto city streets.

On Sunday, May 31st, 2009, Cambridge OPP spotted a black Jeep speeding and passing cars on the shoulder. The…

The crown is seeking a four-year prison term for a man who pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 to impaired driving in the death of a Whitby teacher.

The man was drunk and speeding through Oshawa when he ran…

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison after taking the life of a 79-year-old man in June, 2008.

On the day of the incident, the driver had been drinking all night and morning and was well…

A man is facing a variety of charges after a high-speed police chase in and around Peterborough on Sunday, May 17th, 2009.

Ontario Provincial Police saw a minivan going 111 km/h early that morning. They attempted to stop the vehicle…

A man drowned in the Ottawa River early in the morning on Friday, May 15th, 2009, after driving a stolen car into the water following a police chase, and then trying to swim to freedom.

The man is believed to…

A 63-year-old Surrey man has been sentenced to a 10-year driving ban and six weeks of house arrest for driving drunk and colliding with a transit police vehicle.

The man has a history of similar offences which date back to…

A 30-year-old former Edmonton police officer was convicted Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, of dangerous driving causing bodily harm after driving through a red light and colliding with a pickup truck, injuring four people.

The fiery crash resulted in one young…

A 33-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged after allegedly driving drunk with her 10-year-old daughter travelling in the passenger seat.

Another driver notified police after seeing the woman’s pick-up truck driving erratically on Saturday, April 11th, 2009.

Police pulled her…