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Mario Knezevic’s family arrived from Europe to help him celebrate his bravery medals for rescuing and resuscitating a drowned two-year-old. He didn’t expect he would also have to introduce them to B.C.’s new arbitrary, anti-drunk-driving program and its severe, some might even say draconian, punishments. More importantly, perhaps, he was surprised it left him with […]

The roadside testing devices that now are judge and jury are not always accurate Mario Knezevic’s family arrived from Europe to help him celebrate his bravery medals for rescuing and resuscitating a drowned two-year-old. He didn’t expect he would also have to introduce them to B.C.’s new arbitrary, anti-drunk-driving program and its severe, some might

Many B.C. drivers who have had their licences suspended for impaired driving are being penalized beyond the intention of the law due to a bureaucratic backlog, CBC News has learned. More than 5,000 B.C. drivers have been caught with blood alcohol levels above 0.08 since September, when the province implemented tougher new impaired driving laws. The

Critics have complained that B.C.’s new drunk driving laws give cops too much power, but now police chiefs are calling for even more. B.C.’s chiefs want the freedom to pull over anyone, anywhere, at any time of day and ask them to take random breathalyzer tests. Currently, an officer requires cause to get a breath

As B.C. prepares to bring in tough new penalties for impaired driving, CTV News takes a closer look at some of the drawbacks of the Breathalyzer test. Forensic scientist Nizar Shajani has one at home — he often serves in court as an expert witness on the device. “If it’s properly operated, things will be