drinking and driving

Riders and SGI Team Up for “Safe Ride” Message

Riders and SGI Team Up for “Safe Ride” Message

Jun 13, 2024 | 12:21pm
We are one game into the CFL season, with the Riders playing Game Number Two on the road in Hamilton this Sunday. The following Sunday, June 23rd, Rider faithful will flood to the holy land of Mosaic Stadium for the home opener. The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Saskatchewan Government Insurance are working together to make sure […]
Sask. RCMP announces mandatory roadside alcohol screenings on all lawful stops starting April 1

Sask. RCMP announces mandatory roadside alcohol screenings on all lawful stops starting April 1

Mar 22, 2024 | 4:21pm
Starting April 1, the Saskatchewan RCMP will conduct mandatory roadside alcohol screenings at all lawful traffic stops. The announcement comes after the Saskatchewan RCMP charged more than 1700 individuals with impaired driving in 2023, with more than one-third of all fatal collisions involving alcohol. The RCMP notes that drivers must only complete an alcohol screening […]
SGI Launching New Impaired Driving Campaign

SGI Launching New Impaired Driving Campaign

Nov 2, 2023 | 2:00pm
With a whole bunch of reasons to celebrate on the horizon, SGI is rolling out a new campaign to make sure people do not drive after drinking, or consuming drugs. The 30-second campaign video and radio ad features two friends heading to a house party. Before they walk in, they stop and visualize how they […]

SGI & Sask. RCMP remind drivers to not drive impaired

Jul 1, 2023 | 10:32am

SGI is reminding residents to drive sober this Canada Day long weekend. According to SGI, police caught 476 people driving after exceeding the legal limits of alcohol or drugs, including 206 Criminal Code charges and 270 administrative suspensions for exceeding provincial limits in May. An impaired driving offence can result in licence suspensions, vehicle impoundments, […]

Parole Board of Canada denies request from Catherine McKay for full parole

Dec 1, 2021 | 1:06pm

The Parole Board of Canada is saying no to a request for full parole for a woman convicted of killing a Saskatoon family of four while driving impaired. The board says full parole is premature for 54-year-old Catherine McKay and that she will remain on day parole for six months. The board adds McKay has […]

Caronport man to serve five years in prison after 2020 accident that killed two

Jul 13, 2021 | 12:16pm

A 45-year old Caronport man has received his sentence after pleading guilty to drinking and driving related charges that took the lives of two teenagers from Sherwood Park, Alberta and seriously injured another In September of 2020, Christopher Rempel was behind the wheel of a truck that hit a SUV on a highway near the […]

Medicine Hat man facing charges after fatal rollover

Jul 12, 2021 | 7:04pm

A fatal rollover near Kindersley could have been much more tragic. Kindersley RCMP say they attended on a crash on a grid road near Beadle just off of Highway 7 just before midnight Sunday. An initial investigation shows a vehicle with eight people was travelling northbound on the grid road when it rolled multiple times. […]

Survey on driving while impaired reveals disturbing numbers

Jul 7, 2021 | 7:39am

The first ever “National Survey On Driving After Alcohol, Cannabis and Drug Use” done for Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada did not produce flattering results. The poll, conducted between May 28 and June 8 by IPSOS asked Canadians across the country a variety of questions about consumption of alcohol, cannabis or a non-prescribed illicit drug […]

Impaired driver caught speeding near Bethune

Apr 26, 2021 | 2:13pm

RCMP say a 22-year-old Regina man is facing impaired driving charges after being caught going well over the 110 kilometer per hour speed limit near Bethune on Highway 11. The incident happened April 21 north of the town with RCMP saying the driver was arrested with open liquor being found at the front of the […]

SGI asking if you can afford the costs of drinking and driving

Feb 1, 2021 | 1:30pm

SGI is telling drivers in our province its traffic focus for February is catching impaired drivers behind the wheel. The message from SGI is getting caught driving while impaired simply isn’t a good thing even if you didn’t crash your car or hurt or killed anyone as the consequences remain. Those consequences relate to impoundment, […]

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