Conversations with its partners in the fight against impaired driving were high on the agenda for Andrew Murie, CEO of MADD - Mother's Against Drunk Driving -while visiting the province recently.

One of the things heightened during his conversation with RCMP and RNC representatives was the need for increased capacity in testing for impairment from psychoactive drugs.

Murie said the laws are in place to help curb the problem, but it was "interesting to see how pathetically long it takes to get test results."

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Bishop's Falls council determines program unnecessary

After reviewing the pros and cons, Bishop's Falls council won't be instituting a drug and alcohol-testing program for employees.

"It was just a discussion we held about whether we should we be doing testing like some companies do," said Mayor Bob Hobbs when asked about the decision made at the March council meeting.

"It's the Alberta syndrome. All the people that go away are tested and we discussed whether we needed it for the protection of our workers. We did look at and for a whole bunch of reasons it didn't make sense."

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