"Zamboni driver in western Quebec arrested for impaired driving after rink incident"

[The Bread Guy]

Just sharing for a bit of a break from the heavier political and bang-bang stuff ...

Only in Canada, eh?

Zamboni driver in western Quebec arrested for impaired driving after rink incident

MONTREAL - A Zamboni driver in western Quebec has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after a low-speed crash at a hockey rink on Monday.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[Rudburg]

Just sharing for a bit of a break from the heavier political and bang-bang stuff ...

Only in Canada, eh?

Zamboni driver in western Quebec arrested for impaired driving after rink incident

MONTREAL - A Zamboni driver in western Quebec has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after a low-speed crash at a hockey rink on Monday.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

The story didn't say if he was still able to get a win against the Maple Leafs.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Is that an actual charge- Ice cleaning while impaired?

 

[brihard]

Is that an actual charge- Ice cleaning while impaired?

Impaired operation can be any location in any motor vehicle.

Which in the case of a Zamboni is pretty awesome.

 

[RedFive]

Operation while Impaired. The definition was opened up from "motor vehicle" to "conveyance" in 2018 or so as more of a catch all for all the things people use to get around they shouldn't use while drunk.

Did a file under that section for a sailboat that had run aground years ago. We ended up determining that the boat had no sail, nor motor, or any other way of being set in motion besides human power and had to let the guy go after it was determined his floating home and was not a conveyance. There's other issues under impaired driving law for conveyances that are both homes and conveyances, and when they fit each definition. It's a mess.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Impaired operation can be any location in any motor vehicle.

Which in the case of a Zamboni is pretty awesome.

The part of Canada I am from originally, it was pretty much a job requirement to be impaired while operating the Zamboni (actually- a small farm tractor with a scrapper/watering attachment on the hitch…)

 

[Brad Sallows]

This is the spirit of Canada I remember fondly from my childhood. I think I can handle living here another 20 years, if I should live that long. And thank goodness for Quebec. I'll have to moderate my antipathy towards sovereigntists; Quebec still makes valuable contributions to the essence of Canadianism.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

This is the spirit of Canada I remember fondly from my childhood. I think I can handle living here another 20 years, if I should live that long. And thank goodness for Quebec. I'll have to moderate my antipathy towards sovereigntists; Quebec still makes valuable contributions to the essence of Canadianism.

There is a Canada Heritage Moment in here, someplace….

 

[brihard]

It’s all great until you drunkenly run over the house hippo.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

It’s all great until you drunkenly run over the house hippo.

To be clear, I am not advocating driving while impaired.

Still, if you gotta arrest somebody for doing it, this is pretty much the best case scenario…

 

[FormerHorseGuard]

there was a case in Ontario

canoe, impaired adult, and child drowned , the adult was charged, and convicted,

Appeal dismissed in precedent-setting deadly impaired operation of a canoe case | Globalnews.ca

On June 27, 2019, David Sillars was convicted by Justice Peter C. West and on Oct. 4, 2019, he was sentenced to six years in prison.

globalnews.ca

there was appeal and it was dismissed

 

[brihard]

there was a case in Ontario

canoe, impaired adult, and child drowned , the adult was charged, and convicted,

Appeal dismissed in precedent-setting deadly impaired operation of a canoe case | Globalnews.ca

On June 27, 2019, David Sillars was convicted by Justice Peter C. West and on Oct. 4, 2019, he was sentenced to six years in prison.

globalnews.ca

there was appeal and it was dismissed

Yup, that one turned on definition of the word “vessel”. It was quite a case study in statutory interpretation.

 

[Staff Weenie]

It’s all great until you drunkenly run over the house hippo.

One of the best ads ever - though I still want my pet house hippo! If we can land a rover on Mars, or develop mRNA vaccines, then we can genetically engineer a house hippo!

 

[Haggis]

It’s all great until you drunkenly run over the house hippo.

House hippos are protected species under CITES. Most municipalities require a license to keep them.

 

[Staff Weenie]

House hippos are protected species under CITES. Most municipalities require a license to keep them.

You wouldn't happen to know anyone looking to offload one... asking for a friend...

 

[Haggis]

I heard there's a guy named Mike in Canmore, AB that has a couple.

 

[lenaitch]

There is a Canada Heritage Moment in here, someplace….

Even better if he was holding Tim's cup in one hand, munching on a Beavertail (or Donair) and hoarding a bottle of non-PPAQ (Quebec maple syrup cartel) No. 1 amber.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

You forgot to work in poutine…

 

[Navy_Pete]

there was a case in Ontario

canoe, impaired adult, and child drowned , the adult was charged, and convicted,

Appeal dismissed in precedent-setting deadly impaired operation of a canoe case | Globalnews.ca

On June 27, 2019, David Sillars was convicted by Justice Peter C. West and on Oct. 4, 2019, he was sentenced to six years in prison.

globalnews.ca

there was appeal and it was dismissed

Man, what a piece of shit, and what a greasy argument to make. Canoe, powerboat, peddlebike or car his actions killed a kid. Six years seems a bit light.

 

[FormerHorseGuard]

cartel king had a liking for hippos and when he was killed or arrested the hippos escaped their compound and run into the wild and the herd has grown. So there are now wild hippos running around South America.

so please keep youe house hippos on a leash when outside,