Country Thunder weekend a successful one despite 177 calls, RCMP says

Along with the heat and mosquitoes at the 2026 Country Thunder Saskatchewan festival, some country music fans and campers also had to deal with Saskatchewan RCMP officers. (Image Credit: Submitted/Saskatchewan RCMP)

Country Thunder weekend a successful one despite 177 calls, RCMP says Along with the heat and mosquitoes at this year’s Country Thunder Saskatchewan festival, some country music fans and campers also had to deal with Saskatchewan RCMP officers. Mounties said in a press release on July 13 that the festival weekend from July 9 to 13 was a “successful” one and police responded to 177 “calls for service”. People travelling to the Craven festival grounds were greeted with traffic check-stops on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, with 42 drivers received roadside suspensions for consuming alcohol before driving and 12 drivers receiving the same penalty for using drugs before getting behind the wheel, police said.

Two people were also charged for impaired driving. RCMP said these traffic check-stop suspensions, conducted with the help of SGI, were included in the 177 “calls for service.”