Former premier’s son gets three years in prison
Tobin guilty of impaired driving that killed friend
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Recession? (Hic!) What recession?
Despite the economic collapse—or maybe because of it—Canadian liquor sales are up. Way up. Sales of everything from cars to homes to furniture have fallen off a cliff. But booze is flying off the...
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How dare they tell us the truth?
Maybe it’s true: you can put a Republican in a Democratic cabinet, but you can’t stop him from trashing science. On Friday the Highway Loss Data Institute issued a paper complaining that their...
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Cellphone bans aren’t making the roads any safer
Kayte Deioma/Keystone Press Agency Winnipeg police enjoyed a big day last month. The first day of the province’s ban on cellphone use while driving netted 109 tickets and nearly $22,000 in fines for...
View ArticleKhabi bull
Oiler goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin’s trial for the offence of “extreme” impaired driving was the talk of the town in Edmonton yesterday. Khabibulin, 37, may seem a little old to be horning in on the...
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The battle of pubs vs. pot
Getty Images For years, France’s wine industry backed the efforts of temperance advocates to demonize absinthe, the emerald-green spirit remembered today primarily as the tipple of choice for...
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Good thing he didn’t spill his coffee
Getty Images New Brunswick: Three volunteer firefighters are among five people facing multiple charges of arson in Doaktown, N.B. (pop. 900). The men are accused of torching a number of unoccupied...
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A life lost and a life destroyed
Brian Tobin and wife Jodean leave court in Ottawa with son Jack, who is charged with impaired driving causing death | Pawel Dwulit/CP Adam Rabolt and Darren McMullin were both 25-year-old labourers...
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An off day for a royal wedding?
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Atlantic Canada: Despite having a higher than average interest in the British royal family, compared to most Canadians, Atlantic Canadians are the least likely to agree...
View ArticleMudslinging: Alberta’s latest growth industry
Behold: the first-ever extramural attack ad from an Alberta Conservative government. Don Braid says it’s the first, anyway, and if I didn’t know whether it was the first, he might be the person I’d...
View ArticleQuebec aiming to crack down on repeat drunk drivers by seizing vehicles
QUEBEC – The Quebec government is moving to crack down on repeat drunk-driving offenders. Justice Minister Bertrand St-Arnaud says an offender’s vehicle will be seized after each infraction and...
View ArticleBrandon professor charged for impaired driving
John Blaikie, a Brandon University English professor, was charged with impaired driving after returning to Manitoba from a conference at the University of Regina with three students in the car on Jan....
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