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Global News
2 days ago
- Global News
Drivers busted for being impaired following B.C. Nickelback concert, country festival
Dozens of drivers might say they 'never made it as a wise man' after being issued violation tickets and having their cars impounded, leaving a Nickelback concert on Aug. 9. Thirteen of those drivers now have to 'cut it as a poor man' after their vehicles were impounded for 90 days following roadside breath tests. The B.C. Highway Patrol said they did road checks the August long weekend following Sunfest, a country music festival, and the Nickelback concert, both throughout Lake Cowichan, the next weekend. The combined road safety efforts of BC Highway Patrol led to 226 tickets and 362 roadside breath demands. Of those breath demands, 277 were Mandatory Alcohol Screening (MAS), officers said. 'Mandatory Alcohol Screening helps move the check stops more quickly. We don't need to form grounds for suspicion, we just read the demand, drivers give a breath, and off we go,' Insp. Adam Tallboy, Officer in Charge of Vancouver Island BC Highway Patrol, said. Story continues below advertisement MAS is an incredibly useful tool for keeping roads safe, and we appreciate the patience of all the law-abiding drivers who gave them. 0:25 Speeding ticket crackdown focused on Shambhala Music Festival On the August long weekend, around Lake Cowichan for Sunfest, BC Highway Patrol enforcement included: Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 220 roadside breath demands (158 MAS) resulting in: Six 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRP); Three 3-day IRPs; Two 24-hour driving prohibitions; Plus 172 violation tickets. On Aug. 9, BC Highway Patrol did road checks throughout Lake Cowichan for the Nickelback concert, which resulted in: 142 roadside breath demands (119 MAS) that led to: 13 90-day IRPs; Four 3-day IRPs; One 24-hour driving prohibition; Plus 54 violation tickets. We want everyone to get home safely after great concerts like these, Tallboy said. Story continues below advertisement
Eater
20-05-2025
- Business
- Eater
One of San Francisco's Coffee Mini-Empires Is Opening A Surprise FiDi Shop
It's a San Francisco transplant starter pack item at this point: Travel west of Divisadero Street and south of Golden Gate Park for the first time, enter the church of the Snowy Plover. That's the signature drink from the west side's Andytown Coffee. Co-owners Lauren Crabbe and Mickey McCrory have been on a spree since founding in 2014. Now, the two are opening their eighth shop, this one in the FiDi, on Tuesday, May 27. Numerous outlets spotted the signage going up at 747 Front Street earlier this year. The business finally confirmed the opening on Instagram on Monday, May 19. This shop is located near Jackson Square and the Embarcadero. The cafe will sell its usual treats and is 'to-go focused,' the post reads in part, with hours from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. With a number of recent coffee mainstays nearby — Outset Coffee, Paper Son Coffee, and Cafe Shoji to name a handful — Andytown will see stiff competition so far from the west side. Oakland's favorite horseshoe bar turns one Vegan hot dog bar Tallboy is ringing in its first birthday with a no-reservations barn burner. On Wednesday, May 21, there's an Olive Garden-themed party from 7 p.m. until late. All the restaurant chain's most famous cocktails will get the Tallboy treatment: Blue Capri, Italian Margarita, Limoncello Cheekies. And Olive Garden's actual breadsticks will be on the menu, too — apparently, they're vegan! Downtown mall restaurant opening new outpost San Francisco Centre's mall has taken a beating in the eyes of many residents, and certainly nationally, now that Westfield pulled the plug on its tenancy. That hasn't stopped Mohammad and Rabia Waqar's Mashaallah Halal Pakistani Food from being a sleeper hit on the ground floor. Now, the San Francisco Chronicle reports a second location will open in a few months at 315 Fifth Street. The space belonged to French bistro Mathilde. Fort Mason restaurant serves brunch all day in May While the weather is good, it's worth grabbing the last few weeks of Radhaus's month-long special: all-day and all-night brunch. That means Black Forest ham spatzel and pretzel French toast whenever that (possibly rare) mood hits. This month, Schneider Weisse's wheat Love Beer is on tap, too. Sign up for our newsletter.
