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2008-09-29
 The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced a new anti-drug strategy and $120 million in funding over five years to help eliminate drugs in federal prisons.
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2008-08-29
 A recent ad campaign sponsored by ICBC and the province's police forces has reminded British Columbians that there's no excuse for drinking and driving.
There's also no excuse for allowing someone to drive if you know they're impaired.
The saying goes, "friends don't let friends drink and drive." And, it's in everyone's best interests to do whatever we can to keep an impaired driver off the road. Here's how you can help:
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2008-08-27
 The death of a 20-year-old man who died after drinking a whole bottle of whiskey on a bet has prompted RCMP to issue a warning.
Police say the man, who died on the weekend in Burnaby, agreed to drink the 26-ounce bottle on a dare from friends.
He had already drunk about 10 beers.
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2008-08-24
 Mounties’ top drunk-driving hunter says most are surprised they’re over the limit.
By PAUL PICKREM
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2008-08-15
 Following is the viewpoint of the writer, a professor in the faculty of health professions at the school of social work at Dalhousie University.
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2008-08-13
 CTV.ca News Staff:
Anyone looking for a mate in a bar, take note: Beer goggles really do make people appear more attractive, British researchers say.
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2008-05-09
 Nova Scotia has the lowest smoking rate in the country for young people, according to data released today, Jan. 21, by Health Canada. In 2000, Nova Scotia had the highest smoking rate among youth in the country at 31 per cent. Seven years later, it is now the lowest with only 12 per cent of youth aged 15 to 19 smoking.
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2008-05-06
 ova Scotia youth should no longer be exposed to second-hand smoke in motor vehicles when an amendment to the Smoke-free Places Act comes into effect April 1. The amendment, which prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle when a person younger than 19 is present, was proclaimed March 20.
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2008-05-01
 Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that random searches by drug sniffing dogs in Canadian high schools cannot take place unless there is already reasonable suspicion that drugs are present.
While the Conservative Government will abide by this ruling, it strongly disagrees with the Supreme Court's decision.
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2008-04-30
 Political science isn't just something you study in university. Politicians have their own way of interpreting scientific evidence that tends to be light on facts and method, and heavy on emotion, opinion and self-interest. The result being, the science behind public policy often makes no sense at all.
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