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The holiday check-stop program revealed an alarming number of impaired drivers despite warnings, according to Manitoba RCMP.

Lethbridge police and Alberta Sheriffs have checked around 850 vehicles, caught eight impaired drivers, given out three warnings, and issued 46 violation tickets.

Over a two day period last weekend OPP in Norfolk County charged four people with impaired driving related off...

The Lethbridge Police Service said it caught four drivers travelling more than 50 kilometres an hour over the speed limit during weekend traffic enforcement.

'It's a highly visible reminder of the traffic enforcement that happens, they do issue hundreds of tickets over the course of a couple of days," said SGI of a check stop blitz.

Officers conducted a safety search and said a man was hiding a stolen gun.

Agency is seeing biggest demand for service since it began more than three decades ago with 230 citizens relying on it every month.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.comThe Lethbridge Police Service announced Thursday they are bracing for a busier Christmas Check Stop campaign.

Traffic stop leads to several charges against Taber man Poll Do you think fan attendance will be allowed at sporting events such as Lethbridge Bulls games this year? Yes By Lethbridge Herald on December 22, 2020. A traffic stop Saturday by Lethbridge Police resulted in multiple drug and weapons charges against a Taber man. With the assistance of the Downtown Policing Unit and Canine Unit, police stopped a suspicious vehicle about 5 a.m. in the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive North. The drive...

Check Stop campaign begins Yes The Lethbridge Police Service held its first Christmas Check Stop of the campaign on Saturday. The volume of traffic passing through the Check Stop was consistent with previous years, LPS said in a news release. Officers issued one impaired-driving sanction under the new provincial impaired-driving legislation that came into effect on Dec. 1. In addition, one driver refused to stop at the Check Stop and another was found to be a suspended driver. There were also...