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Wednesday December 19, 2018

December 24, 2018 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday December 19, 2018

December 19, 2018

What you should know about Canada’s new impaired driving laws

Canada’s new impaired driving laws come into force this week, and they change both what officers can ask for and what you can be charged with. 

But the core message from police remains the same: if you’re driving, don’t drink or consume cannabis. And if you’re going to do either, plan for another way home. 

August 13, 2018

“The big message is, there’s no change to the general public. Impaired driving, in all its forms, is illegal,” said Sgt. Sean Harding, the head of the London police traffic management unit. 

“It’s against the law to drink and drive and it’s against the law to consume drugs and drive. We need to make sure drivers have a plan to get home. If you plan on driving, if you plan on consuming, don’t plan on driving.” 

The stricter impaired driving laws come into effect on Tuesday. 

They allow officers to demand a breathalyzer test from any driver, even one who is not suspected of impaired driving. Until now, police had to have a reasonable suspicion of impaired driving if they wanted to demand a breathalyzer test. 

Some lawyers think the new laws violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ‘

February 27, 2014

The new laws also increase the financial penalties for impaired driving and may introduce new “hybrid” charges that deal with drunk-and-stoned drivers. 

“Are people getting the message? To say that people don’t know the rules, you can’t do that. The messaging is everywhere. There’s just a core group of people that make poor choices,” said Harding. 

“We’re still going to be out there, on the streets, looking for impaired drivers.” 

London police stop 20,000 vehicles annually and lay about 400 impaired driving charges. (Source: CBC) 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: alcohol, christmas, deer, distracted, drinking, impaired, Marijuana, police, Rudolph, Santa Claus

Thursday July 26, 2007

July 26, 2007 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday July 26, 2007

Russia deploys mission to claim North Pole

A Russian expedition sailed yesterday for the North Pole, where it plans to send a submarine crew to plant a flag on the seabed and symbolically claim the Arctic for the Kremlin.

The mission is part of a race to assert rights over the Arctic, an icy wasteland that is rich in energy reserves and, as climate change melts the ice, could open up to form a lucrative shortcut for ships sailing between Asia and North America.

“The Arctic is Russian,” expedition leader and parliamentary deputy Artur Chilingarov told Russian TV. “We are going to be the first to put a flag there, a Russian flag, at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, at the very point of the North Pole.”

One of their biggest worries is resurfacing at the same hole in the ice they dived into — missing it could mean becoming trapped as the mini-submarine is not powerful enough to break through the ice.

International law states the five countries with territory inside the Arctic Circle — Canada, Russia, the United States, Norway and Denmark, via its control of Greenland — are limited to a 320-kilometre economic zone around their coastline. (Source: Ottawa Citizen) 

 

Posted in: Canada, International Tagged: 2007, Canada, christmas, deer, diplomacy, Editorial Cartoon, North Pole, oil, Russia, Santa Claus

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