Dauphin’s Countryfest is over for 2012 and RCMP report having a busy weekend with an estimated 1,000 vehicles being checked each day.
A RCMP officer has been cleared of charges in connection with a police involved shooting dating back to March of last year.
On November 18, 2011, at approximately 3:30pm, Steinbach RCMP responded to a motor vehicle collision on Park Road involving three vehicles.
RCMP report that the 2011 Folk Festival, held at Birds Hill Provincial Park this past July 6 to 10, resulted in numerous charges.
RCMP have charged 58-year-old Harry Arend Bakema of East St. Paul, former Chief of Police of East St. Paul Police Service, with three offences under the Criminal Code.