DUI

There is no offence called “vehicular manslaughter” in Canada. When a driver causes a death, the charge is one of several Criminal Code offences, most often dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing death, or criminal negligence causing death, each carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. When a collision causes a death in Ontario, […]

According to the latest Statistics Canada data, Ontario’s Peel Regional Police arrested 1,030 motorists for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs in 2022. While it’s unclear how many of those arrested for impaired driving were from Mississauga, the proportion is likely significant, as the city represents about half of the Peel Region’s […]