SmartWheels comes to Saskatchewan
CTV Regina September 12, 2019
MADD virtual reality RV teaches elementary students about impaired driving
980 CJME September 12, 2019 MADD Canada is taking its latest impaired driving initiative on the road. SmartWheels, an RV equipped with virtual reality technology that creates drunk and high driving simulations, first launched in Ontario in 2017. On Thursday, in collaboration with SGI and the province, SmartWheels kicked off its tour across Saskatchewan with a [...]
‘Ride for Cody’ pushes for tougher impaired driving penalties
CTV Kitchener September 1, 2019 Friends and family of Cody Andrews are working to increase the severity of punishment for convicted impaired drivers. The 23-year-old New Hamburg man was one of two killed in a crash on Sept. 8, 2016. “His presence is not here anymore,” said father Dave Andrews. “There are no Christmases, no [...]
‘Leave the car home’: MADD, police urge motorists to drive safe and sober this long weekend
Global News August 30, 2019 It’s the Labour Day long weekend and Mothers Against Drunk Driving along with local police are getting the word out not to get behind the wheel impaired. A MADD road check was set up today in Rothesay, N.B., in conjunction with Kennebecasis Regional Police where information pamphlets were handed out [...]
MADD holds third annual ‘Strides for Change’ walk
Prince Albert Now August 26, 2019 Seeing new faces at the annual Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) walk was bittersweet for Karen Anthony-Burns. While the MADD member was grateful for the support, she knew that many were there to find community with others who, like her, had lost loved ones to impaired driving. “As much as [...]
‘I cry’: Families of victims from impaired driving crashes grieve as five new names added to Manitoba monument
CTV Winnipeg August 25, 2019 Five new names inscribed on the Manitoba Monument for Victims of Impaired Driving in West. St. Paul, Man. were unveiled at a special remembrance ceremony Sunday afternoon. Each name is a Manitoban who has lost their life in an impaired driving crash. The new names bring the total number of [...]
Alberta installs first roadside memorial sign for victims of impaired driving
Edmonton Journal August 23, 2019 As cars rushed by on a busy road just outside of Cochrane, a family who lost their loved one to a drunk driver four years ago pulled at a cord to unveil Alberta’s first roadside memorial sign honouring Alfred Benary and other victims of impaired driving. In an emotional moment, [...]
Roadside memorial honouring Alfred Benary revealed on Highway 22
St. Albert Today August 23, 2019 The unveiling of Alberta's first roadside memorial sign for a victim of impaired driving held along Highway 22 just north of Highway 1 was a sorrowful affair this morning (Aug. 23). On Sept. 12, 2015, Alfred Benary's vehicle was hit by a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Benary would suffer [...]
A strong reminder’: Roadside memorial built for impaired driving victims
660 News August 23, 2019 When you drive along Highway 22 you’ll notice a new sign at the side of the road. It’s a memorial for impaired driving victims and a reminder to other drivers that impaired driving kills. CEO of MADD Canada Andrew Murie says there is no excuse for people to drive impaired. “Every one [...]
MADD Canada’s first-ever Alberta roadside memorial pays tribute to Calgary man
Global News August 23, 2019 Madd Canada unveiled Alberta’s first roadside memorial on Friday and it honours the memory of 55-year-old Alfred “Fred” Benary. Benary was killed by a drunk driver in October 2015. RCMP at the time said his car collided with a pickup truck on Alberta’s Highway 22, just north of Highway 1. [...]