This weekend, the RCMP increased their presence on Manitoba Highways as they usually do for long weekends.

There were formal checkstops set up in Dauphin for Countryfest, the Interlake, and Norway House. To deal with increased traffic to and from Dauphin, additional traffic enforcement resources were also deployed to major highways around Winnipeg, along Highway 6, around Steinbach and throughout the western part of the province.

This weekend, there were a few minor traffic collisions, one serious collision, which was an ATV rollover in the Steinbach area that saw one serious injury, and there weren’t any fatalities reported.

According to RCMP media relations officer, Julie Courchaine, 22 people were driving impaired, and 18 tiered suspensions were handed out. Courchaine adds the suspension number might be a bit low because clerical staff will likely still be catching up with getting everything into the system.