A snowmobiler wisps through the woods smuggling bootleg alcohol into a remote northern Manitoba First Nation.
There’s demand and people willing to take risks in dangerous winter conditions to get liquor or drugs into the community.
It’s not an uncommon scene, and not something checkstops and local bylaws limiting or prohibiting even legal substances can always deter. Some chiefs acknowledge this yet feel the social issues radiating out from substance misuse so urgently need addressing that something must be done to stop or slow the flow.
It’s a dilemma as several northern communities consider an escalation in enforcement of “dry” policies from a sense
