News - Impaired Driving

The Manitoba government has introduced amendments to The Highway Traffic Act that would adopt more serious sanctions for drunk drivers while keeping more police on Manitoba’s roads.

A 20-year-old Thompson man, who was using cannabis, was recently arrested after local RCMP determined that he was driving while impaired.

A 42-year-old Winnipeg man was arrested for impaired driving after he recently crashed into a police vehicle near Lac du Bonnet.

Steinbach RCMP conducted a series of CheckStops over this past weekend, resulting in numerous charges being laid for impaired driving.

Over the last eight years, nearly 2,000 impaired drivers have been taken off the road thanks to the Manitoba Public Insurance sponsored RoadWatch program.

A member of the Suicide Crew, an outlaw motorcycle gang, is facing numerous charges after being arrested by Headingley RCMP.

Manitoba Public Insurance took its cannabis-impaired driving awareness and education campaign to the next level today, with more than 600 students from Winnipeg’s Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute viewing an impactful video about the fatal consequences of driving while high.

RCMP have charged a Winnipeg Police Service officer with impaired care and control of a motor vehicle in connection to an investigation that began this past November.

A Manitoba RCMP officer charged with impaired driving and refusal to provide a breath sample while off-duty in a personal vehicle, recently appeared in Provincial Court.

Over the span of six hours this past Friday night, officers from various detachments throughout the province located and apprehended five impaired drivers and removed them from local highways.