Saskatchewan Government Insurance says there were 279 drunk driving offences in the province in November.

Of those, 269 Criminal Code charges were laid for impaired driving, having a blood alcohol content over .08, or refusing a breath test.

A provincewide traffic safety focus on impaired driving caught more than 330 drunk drivers in October.

The numbers from SGI come after Statistics Canada said last week that Saskatchewan had the highest rate of police-reported impaired driving among all the provinces in 2015.

There were 575 incidents per 100,000 population in Saskatchewan, compared to the national rate of 201 incidents per 100,000 population.

The province hopes to drive that number down with new legislation that includes impounding vehicles of drivers charged for the first time with having a blood alcohol level over .04.