Drug Offences and Calgary DUIs
Drunk driving remains a common cause of cases making their way through the Calgary courts, but not all DUI cases begin with alcohol consumption.
Drunk driving remains a common cause of cases making their way through the Calgary courts, but not all DUI cases begin with alcohol consumption.
Alberta's crackdown on all kinds of crime, from harsher impaired driving or "DUI" laws to the increasing attention being paid to drug violations, has many hidden consequences.
A recent story in the Calgary Sun reports the ranking of Calgary neighborhood crime rates according to 2014 statistics, just released by Calgary Police.
Winter is finally showing signs of giving up, and that makes me as happy as anyone else in Calgary.
Joseph Raymond Staels will soon be able to put the botched home robbery he took part in behind him, due to the efforts of Calgary defence lawyer Susan Karpa in her...
Crime in Calgary has been on a steady downward trends as preventative and rehabilitative efforts have reduced gang presence and violence in the city, and have helped create a city...
A criminal defence lawyer can be a great asset when a young person in Calgary is accused of a crime, ensuring that mistakes made in one's youth don't create a...
An editorial in the Calgary Herald asks an interesting question: is the tougher stance on crime taken by Canada's federal government, including imposing mandatory minimum sentencing and removing conditional sentencing as...
Despite changes in law enforcement attitudes and the legal penalties facing certain drug offences, including charges related to the possession of marijuana, drug offences in Calgary remain a common cause...