OPP on Watch Tonight

Residents across the borderland will be celebrating in their own way tonight the end of a year and the first decade of the 21st century.

But the OPP want you to do it in a safe manner.

Constable Anne McCoy says they'll be continuing to maintain a zero tolerance approach towards drinking and driving this new year's eve.

"We're trying to encourage people to take the initiative to not drink and drive," says McCoy. "We want them to plan ahead. If you're going out with your friends and family during the holiday season we want you to make smart decisions. Not drink and drive."

To date, over 61-hundred vehicles have been stopped in RIDE spotchecks in the Rainy River district since the end of November resulting in two charges and three licences suspensions.