Winnipeg police stopped 1,219 motorists during the first week of the holiday checkstop program, which included mandatory alcohol screenings for the first time.

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The Calgary Police Service is stepping up its Checkstop campaign in the city for the 2025 holiday season.

The Manitoba Wildlife Federation is calling for immediate action following reports that licensed hunters have once again been denied access to public Crown lands at the Bloodvein checkstop. On Sunday,...

Manitoba RCMP and Winnipeg police have kicked off the 2024 Festive Season Checkstop Program to enhance road safety during the holidays.

If you’re pulled over at a holiday checkstop in Winnipeg this month, be prepared to blow.

Winnipeg police are sounding their sirens over an “alarming” increase in impaired drivers on city streets this holiday season — including two who were passed out behind the wheel. Officers arrested 35...

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a checkstop set up near a First Nation could lead to division between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people after allegations that licensed hunters are being turned away from accessing public land in the territory.

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Winnipeg police are sounding their sirens over an “alarming” increase in impaired drivers on city streets this holiday season — including two who were passed out behind the wheel.

Winnipeg police stopped 1,219 vehicles during the first week of their annual holiday checkstop program.

The third week of Winnipeg police's holiday checkstop program saw another increase in the percentage of motorists stopped that were impaired, according to a Tuesday news release.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a checkstop set up near a First Nation could lead to division between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people after allegations that licensed hunters are being turned away from accessing public land in the territory. Kinew is urging the community of Bloodvein First Nation, north of Winnipeg, to reconsider turning moose hunters away this season, saying the move could incite backlash and hatred toward Indigenous people. The First Nation set up a checkstop last year to prevent drugs and alcohol from entering the community but also deterred hunters from accessing the territory citing a dwindling moose population. The Manitoba Wildlife Federation says it has received reports that the community was turning hunters away again this week. Kinew says the province has sent a cease and desist letter to the First Nation Bloodvein Chief Lisa Young did not immediately respond to requests for comment. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 25, 2026. _Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved._

A Court of King’s Bench judge has ruled a blockade set up outside Bloodvein First Nation to keep drugs and alcohol out will be allowed to remain despite inconveniencing licensed hunters.

Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures Minister Ian Bushie said he’s meeting with Manitoba’s lodge owners’ association after one of its members was blocked at a controversial checkstop near Bloodvein River First Nation.

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A Court of King’s Bench judge has ruled a blockade set up outside Bloodvein First Nation to keep drugs and alcohol out will be allowed to remain despite inconveniencing licensed hunters. Justice Theod...

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a checkstop set up near a First Nation could lead to division between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people after allegations that licensed hunters are being turned away from accessing public land in the territory.

A May Days weekend checkstop by B.C. Highway Patrol in Fruitvale netted a quintet of impaired drivers and a couple of unlicensed, speeding motorcyclists.