Drunk driver Kyla Marie MacLellan paroled in Lawrencetown Beach death

A woman who killed a man nearly three years ago while driving drunk near Lawrencetown Beach has been granted full parole.

Kyla Marie MacLellan is serving a five-year sentence for impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm after her Honda Civic smashed into an SUV driven by Mark Burnett, killing the 55-year-old in July 2013. A passenger in MacLellan's car was also injured.

MacLellan served less than a quarter of her prison sentence before she was transferred to a halfway house late last year.

The Parole Board of Canada has now granted the woman full parole, noting MacLellan has made a great deal of progress, including completing her high school education.

However, the board said she still faces challenges.

'Partying lifestyle'

"You have been part of a 'partying' lifestyle, using drugs and alcohol at times to excess," the board wrote in its most recent decision. "Seeking to be accepted by others pursuing such a lifestyle."

As a result, the board is ordering MacLellan to abstain from drugs and alcohol.

"Your offences caused tremendous suffering for the family members of your victim; any contact with members of your victim's family would increase their trauma and possibly lead to further tension and conflict," the board said.

To guard against that, the board has ordered MacLellan to avoid any contact with Burnett's family. The board has also added an unusual geographic restriction: MacLellan must stay away from Lawrencetown and Enfield, to reduce the likelihood she'll run into anyone affected by the crash.

Because she's made bad choices in the past, the parole board is also requiring MacLellan to report any relationships with men.