This weekend marks the start of impaired driving month in Alberta and police are ramping up their checkstops. On Friday evening, Calgary police and MADD Canada volunteers were set up on Edmonton Trail when within 30 minutes, a man was arrested for alleged drug trafficking. He was initially pulled to side for having a vodka cooler...

Alberta RCMP are warning motorists about a checkstop blitz planned for Saturday, Dec. 3.

Police say they stopped and checked 20,825 vehicles during a one-day Alberta checkstop operation last Friday, which was part of a Canada-wide enforcement initiative.