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Police say impaired driver hit 6 parked cars, damaged home
Saskatoon police say an impaired driver was brought to their detention cells to sober up after a collision early Monday morning. Officers went to the scene of the crash on the 300 block of Forrester R...
May 27, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Impaired driving memorial unveiled outside Saskatoon city hall
Lou Van de Vorst stood with his family on the lawn outside Saskatoon City Hall Saturday as dozens of people came to see a new monument that honours the victims of impaired driving in Saskatchewan. His...
May 26, 2019 Allan Kerpan and Lou Van de Vorst unveil a monument for victims of impaired driving outside city hall on May 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Check stops can be a deterrent, even when not there: MADD
The roadside check stops we saw in Saskatoon over the May long weekend were among the 45 done each year by Saskatoon police. Is that sufficient for MADD Canada? CEO Andrew Murie said the organization ...
May 22, 2019
Saskatoon police begin long weekend by impounding 9 vehicles
Saskatoon police had a busy night keeping impaired drivers off the road. A tweet from the traffic unit showed some "disturbing results" from a check stop on Idylwyld Drive. Nine drivers had their lice...
May 18, 2019 (Saskatchewan RCMP/Twitter)
Yorkton man appears in SGI anti-drunk driving campaign
One bad decision changed Nolan Barnes' life forever. In 2010, Barnes and eight friends hopped into an SUV after a night of partying in Saskatoon. The driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a...
May 03, 2019 Nolan Barnes nearly died in a drunk driving crash in 2010 and his story is being featured by SGI this month (SGI YouTube)
RCMP lay impaired driving charge in fatal crash
A woman is facing charges following a fatal collision near the Battlefords. RCMP announced Wednesday morning that Amber Rosette, 27, was charged with impaired driving causing death and dangerous drivi...
May 01, 2019
RCMP discourage spending New Year's Eve with them
A tongue-in-cheek series of Twitter posts from Saskatchewan RCMP are discouraging people from ringing in the New Year in their custody. "If you make the choice to drive impaired, you could be curled u...
Dec 31, 2018
Free bus rides on New Year's Eve in Saskatoon
For the past three decades, SGI and Saskatoon Transit have partnered to provide free bus rides on New Year's Eve. It's back again this year, but the free rides will run all day Monday. https://twitter...
Dec 31, 2018
Family, community mourns 11-year-old killed in Warman crash
An 11-year-old girl killed in a possible drunk driving crash on Friday near Warman is being remembered in an obituary as a "beautiful girl with so much zest for life and family." Sophie Mae Schnurr wa...
Dec 27, 2018 Sophie Mae Schnurr, left, sits with her parents and sister in a family photo. (GoFundMe)
Anti drunk-driving campaigner reacts to deadly crash
A man who has become one of the province's leading voices against drunk driving is speaking out after another death on a Saskatchewan highway. An 11-year-old girl was killed Friday in a crash near War...
Dec 24, 2018 Lou Van de Vorst (left) speaks at Saskatoon City Hall on May 7, 2018. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
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