During the month long RCMP Holiday Checkstop Program Manitoba RCMP checked just under 12 thousand vehicles during 262 checkstops.  They charged 90 people with impaired driving with 87 by alcohol and 3 by drugs. They charged 15 people with refusing a breath demand, issued 30 alcohol related and 2 drug related tiered suspensions and charged 49 people with improper storage of alcohol or cannabis in a vehicle. The RCMP add unfortunately five people lost their lives in traffic related collision during the time of this year’s Checkstop Program including an accident on highway 16 near Gladstone and another in Berens River during the last week of the program.