Overview

• In Dartmouth, N.S., two victims—Talia Forrest and Jesse Robinson—were added to the Nova Scotia Monument at Dartmouth Memorial Gardens, bringing the total to 133.
• In Brampton, six new names were added to the Ontario Monument at Chinguacousy Park, bringing the total to 164 since its 2023 inauguration.
• Senior public safety and government leaders attended, including Nova Scotia Deputy Premier Barbara Adams, MADD Canada National President Tanya Hansen Pratt, Halifax Deputy Chief Dean Simmonds, RCMP Chief Supt. John Duff, and Ontario officials such as Deputy Mayor Harkirat Singh and OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique.
• MADD Canada urged Canadians to prevent impaired driving by planning a sober ride, refusing rides with impaired drivers, reporting suspected impaired drivers to 911, and using Uber, its Official Designated Rideshare app.
• The organization said a Prince Edward Island monument will be unveiled soon and it is working toward a British Columbia monument, while noting that hundreds are killed and thousands injured each year in drug- and alcohol-related crashes.