BARRIE – A mother and daughter wept and hugged in court Tuesday after a jury found Andrew Fallows guilty of drunk driving causing the death of 18-year-old Shania Slater.

“I’m so happy with the jury’s verdict … but I won’t forget what he did to my daughter,” said a tearful mother, Rose Looyengh, of Orillia, outside of court.

A report of a possible impaired driver in Milton led to the arrest of a man in connection with an Oakville attempted carjacking and a Brampton car theft.

On Aug. 3, just before midnight, Halton police responded to a call for a possible impaired driver on Campbellville Road in Milton. Police located a 2017 Lincoln MKC and launched an impaired driving investigation.

Three Kingston women were injured in a serious crash early Sunday morning caused by what the Ontario Provincial Police said was impaired driving.
Emergency services were called to the Loyalist Parkway just north of Rosehall for a single-vehicle rollover collision just after 2 a.m. The OPP said the vehicle left the road and rolled onto the front lawn of a nearby residence. One of the passengers was ejected and seriously injured. The two other occupants remained within the vehicle and received minor injuries.

Driver admitted to being impaired when his car smashed into a minivan, killing three children and their grandfather.

The driver of a large truck that crashed into and damaged the Burlington Skyway — putting a cloud over Toronto-bound traffic ahead of the busy August holiday weekend — has been charged with two impaired driving related offences, according to the Ontario Provincial Police.

They went searching through bush. They called in the canine unit. But it took the high-beam of a Durham Police chopper hovering above a Pickering field to find Const. David Bilby on the run.

MISSISSAUGA — Still fighting for his life in hospital, a Beeton man was charged with driving drunk this morning (Tuesday, May 6) following a devastating crash on the QEW in Mississauga over the weekend that ripped his van in two and killed his lone passenger.

Roads in the vicinity of Stevenson and Conlin roads were closed for several hours as crews worked to repair damaged hydro lines following the 3:25 a.m. incident. Durham police said officers trailing a suspected drunk driver found the Ford SUV after it crashed through a guardrail and struck a hydro pole.

Police have charged a teenager with impaired driving after a deadly crash with a transport truck in Brampton.
The teen was at the wheel of a car which collided with a tractor-trailer on Airport Road, south of Mayfield around 2 a.m. Saturday.

Lawyer argues that because Kingston-area man got drunk after the accident, his breathalyzer results are irrelevant.

Police say drunk driving may have been a factor in a four-car crash in Mississauga early Saturday morning.
It happened on Highway 403 near Eastgate Parkway shortly after 1 a.m.
Two children were in one of the cars, but no one was seriously hurt.

Durham regional police have charged a woman with impaired driving after an elderly woman was killed in a head-on crash in Oshawa last month.
The collision happened around 2:30 a.m. on Taunton Road East, near Grandview Street North, on Oct. 27.

OSHAWA — An 83-year-old Oshawa woman is dead after a head-on collision early Sunday in Oshawa. Durham police continued to investigate the crash, which occurred on Taunton Road west of Grandview Street at about 2:30 a.m. Police said the other driver, a 21-year-old Oshawa woman, received minor injuries. The older woman was pronounced dead at hospital. Her name has not been released at the request of her family. October 27, 2013. – Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland

BARRIE – A two-time drunk driver who was driving with more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he crashed and killed his wife apologized to her grieving family in court Friday.

BARRIE – A two-time drunk driver who was driving with more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he crashed and killed his wife apologized to her grieving family in court Friday.

The 16-year-old victim of a tragic accident that sent an SUV plunging into Toronto’s Don River is being remembered as an outgoing student with a ‘contagious sense of humour.’
AJ Blugerman was one of five people who were in the vehicle Friday evening when it crashed through a guardrail near the Don River and into the water.

Igor Kresko, who had a drunk-driving conviction before the incident, is sentenced to prison and a lifetime driving ban for a fatal 2010 crash in Etobicoke.

TORONTO – An accused drunk driver is in custody and his passenger is in a Toronto morgue after an early-morning crash Tuesday tore a pricey SUV in half.

Oliver Karafa, 19, of Toronto, appeared briefly in court Tuesday facing charges that include criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving causing death,

Anyone with a computer, television, or smartphone could have seen video of Sammy Yatim being fatally shot by a Toronto police officer. Footage recorded by a bystander was available for public consumption on YouTube and through local media. So, was a fair trial by an impartial jury possible?
The answer is yes, according to a new….

TORONTO – A 23-year-old man was sentenced to seven years behind bars for a drunk driving crash that claimed the life of one of his passengers and left four others badly hurt two years ago in Acton.
Todd McGowan was convicted in December of one count each of impaired operation causing death and dangerous driving causing death, as well as four counts each of impaired operation causing bodily harm and careless driving causing bodily harm, after a three week jury trial in Milton.

A 19-year-old charged in connection with a horrific crash that killed his friend on Tuesday has been granted bail.
Oliver Karafa appeared in court Wednesday requesting bail, but the matter was adjourned until Thursday.
Bail was set at $20,000 and it was granted by Thursday afternoon.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were highly visible this holiday season as they checked over 1,099,021 vehicles on OPP patrolled roadways during this year’s Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) initiative.

Toronto police have charged a woman with impaired driving after her car crashed early Sunday morning on the Gardiner Expressway.
The car was heading east on the Gardiner, near the ramp leading to the Don Valley Parkway, when it hit a guardrail.
The car burst into flames, but the woman was able to get out without suffering any serious injuries.

A man faces impaired driving charges after a collision with a Peel Regional Police cruiser that sent an officer to hospital early Sunday.
The police cruiser was at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Rd. E. and Molly Ave. in Mississauga at approximately 4:10 a.m. when the officer’s vehicle was struck by a red Dodge Caravan, according to Peel police Const. Thomas Ruttan.

WHITBY — Police and volunteers were out knocking on hundreds of doors in northwest Whitby on Sunday, to caution residents about a recent increase in street robberies, car break-ins and vandalism in the area.
Durham Regional Police officers and volunteers were aiming to knock on 500 to 700 doors in the Williamsburg neighbourhood on Aug. 20.

“We just want to make people aware, and let them know to report any suspicious activity,” says DRPS Const. Stacey Sullivan.

BRAMPTON – John Bakai had hoped to be deployed to Afghanistan by now.

Instead, the suspended army reservist convicted of killing two fathers while driving the wrong way on Hwy. 403 has been sent off to serve a four year sentence in federal prison.
On his release, Bakai will also be prohibited from driving for another nine years.

Six victim impact statements were filed with the court, including several heartwrenching pictures drawn by the fatherless children. Six-year-old Santiago Guzman drew a car with his father in it. His brother Victor, 10, drew his dad’s gravestone, and the dark clouds above it.

Peel police are investigating after an officer driving his cruiser was hit by an allegedly impaired driver.

A red Dodge Caravan struck the cruiser at about 4:10 a.m. Sunday at the corner of Burnhamthorpe Road East and Molly Avenue in Mississauga.

Ontario is making the province’s roads safer for all Ontarians with new changes that will help protect young and novice drivers.

NEIL BOWEN

The Observer

A Wyoming man who drunkenly drove over a lawn has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Dale Vandenberghe, 48, was convicted in Sarnia court of impaired driving following a trial that ended July 13. He was sentenced last week.

I mpaired driving has been a scourge on Canadian roads for decades. While campaigns have been waged, warnings issued and laws tightened, drinking and driving is not going away.

In 2002, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators introduced the Road Safety Vision 2010 project. In it, the Council called for a 40% reduction by 2010 in the 2001 percentage of alcohol-related traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

Ottawa convicts fewest drunk drivers in Ontario-Ottawa Citizen

Toronto R.I.D.E. anti-drunk driving spokesman driven home from work, apparently intoxicated-National Post

In what’s believed to be a Canadian record, a 67-year-old Quebec man was convicted Tuesday of his 24th drunk-driving offence.

Yvon Gingras of St-Ubalde, Que., was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to impaired driving, breach of conditions and refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test.

Drunk Driver unwittingly drive to Canada-Toronto Sun

Provincial police say a man was charged with drinking and driving twice within 24 hours.

Police say a van was stopped in Vaughan, north of Toronto, early Tuesday for speeding and the driver was subsequently charged with having a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit, driving while suspended and speeding.