by XPolice | Sep 24, 2018 | Driving Concerns, National
Using a phone behind the wheel is more deadly than drunk driving — so why are we still doing it? When will it finally be socially unacceptable to use your smartphone while you’re driving? What will it take to make you a pariah as you carry out what is rapidly becoming...
by XPolice | Sep 18, 2018 | National, News
Some provinces are more severe than others. Canada is just one month away from legal recreational marijuana. While legalization is a federal initiative, it will be up to the individual provinces to devise regulations for both the distribution of weed and the...
by XPolice | Jul 31, 2018 | Driving Concerns, National
Is the number of deaths caused by distracted driving going down? By now, everybody must know how dangerous distracted driving is, don’t they? I still see people mesmerized by their phones and fiddling with lattes – they just seem to be a little sneakier about it than...
by XPolice | Jul 23, 2018 | Driving Concerns, National
Officials from Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada says a combination of education, enforcement and legislation is needed to curb the number of impaired drivers on Canada’s roadways. Earlier this month, police in Thunder Bay, Ont., said they charged 90 people...
by XPolice | Jul 4, 2018 | Driving Concerns, National
Study will include simulated driving The Canadian government is investing over $900,000 to learn more about how cannabis affects drivers. According to a release from Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, police-reported data on drug-impaired driving first...
by XPolice | Jun 15, 2018 | National, News
A former leader of the Conservatives in the Senate is blasting her erstwhile colleagues for spearheading a move to gut a bill aimed at cracking down on impaired driving. Marjory LeBreton, whose daughter and grandson were tragically killed by a drunk driver 22 years...