sPOrTs Meet the champs Clipper teams capture titles in dramatic fashion PAGE 25 TOWN HALL The main drag $10.6M Main St.construction project will last four years PAGE 10 COMING UP The teen years Fundraiser aids group working with teenagers PAGE 15 INVENTORY CLEARANCE On Now Seaway Pools & Hot Tubs STAFF PHOTO/NICK IWANYSHYN Hot Tub By Jeremy Grimaldi jgrimaldi@yrmg.com Marco Muzzo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for wiping out an entire generation of the Neville-Lake family, but if such sentences don’t help reduce drinking and driving num- bers, then what is the point? This is the conversation that many mem- bers of Canada’s judicial community are having in the wake of the sentence Muzzo received Tuesday. Although this is the longest sentence hand- ed down to an impaired driver without a his- tory of offences in Ontario, police and lawyers are wondering what needs to change outside the courtroom to make a dent in the numbers. The reality is, the numbers make for ugly reading. A statistician with York Regional Police found that between 2013 and 2015, the num- ber of drunk drivers caught by the service rose 43 per cent, from 795 to 1,140. More recently, just as Muzzo’s sentence was being handed down on Tuesday, York Regional Police reported a “disappointing†See SHAME, page 11. THUrsdAY, MArCH 31, 2016 â- 27 HERITAGE RD., MARKHAM 905-294-8030 servING THe COMMUNITY Of WHITCHUrCH-sTOUffvILLe â- mud in your eye 32 PAGes/YOrkreGION.COM Cyclist Graydon Staples makes his way along the 90km Hell of the North course, combining rail trails, dirt road and paved sections, starting and ending at the Ballantrae Community Centre Sunday. See additional photographs on page 4 and yorkregion.com Muzzo shines light on drunk driving Thank You for Voting Us #1 Orthodontist • visit our specialty of ce • starting at age 1 (Pediatrics) • starting at age 7 (Orthodontics) • no referral necessary 905-642-3642 www.kidsdentalgroup.ca SPECIALIZING IN VOLKSWAGEN · AUDI · PORSCHE HYBRID, ELECTRIC & DIESEL EUROPEAN & ASIAN 138 SANDIFORD DRIVE, UNIT 5 FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FREE COURTESY CAR (by appointment) YES, WE DO DOMESTIC ON-LINE BOOKING CALVIN, STACEY AND RICK CALLAGHAN WWW.410AUTO.CA 905-642-2886 OR 1-877-410-2886(AUTO) STOUFFVILLE Jon St Denis, Agent Bus: 905-642-5400 jon.stdenis.pien@statefarm.com Publicationmail agreement #40051189