Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

Back in the late eighties my better half and I were on out way to Steinback. We were west of South Junction when there were flashing lights on the highway up ahead. Getting closer it was obvious it was a traffic stop with a patrol car on each side of the road. The speedometer said under a hundred clicks so I assumed we were good. When we stopped immediately there was an officer by each door. When I rolled down the window the good mountie asked why we did not have our seatbelts on. Explaining we had no clue Manitoba had a seatbelt law got me a seat in the constable’s car. After writi...