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By Susan McNeil

Traffic enforcement

Drug impairment far outpaces alcohol impairment in La Ronge traffic blitz   

Mar 11, 2026 | 2:23 PM

Another blitz by Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services resulted in 47 drivers being removed from the road. More than half had drugs in their system. 

RCMP officers from Yorkton and Saskatoon Combined Traffic Services were in La Ronge between March 4 and 8 for their third traffic safety initiative in and around the community.  

In five days, they checked 275 drivers for impairment which resulted in three license suspensions for drinking and driving and 25 suspensions for drug impairment.   

Another 16 people were caught driving without a valid licence.  

Criminal charges were laid against two drivers for operating a vehicle while impaired and another driver was charged with refusing to provide a breath sample.    

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Officers issued 204 warnings and 181 tickets. One third of the tickets were for speeding.  

 On March 4 and 8, police officers conducted patrols on the way to and from La Ronge and on March 5, they organized two check stops on Highway 102, south of Highway 915, and patrolled the Stanley Mission community.  

On March 6, they patrolled the new all-weather road between La Ronge and Wollaston Lake as well as the Wollaston Lake community. On March 7, they patrolled La Ronge and the communities between La Ronge and Stanley Mission. 

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com