The Almaguin Highlands OPP patrolled local highways, towns, villages and snowmobile trails this Family Day long weekend and officers wrote a total of 17 Provincial Offence Notices.
- Nine drivers were charged with "speeding,"
- one driver was charged with "failing to drive in marked lane,"
- one driver was charged with "drive while under suspension,"
- one driver was charged for "using plate not authorized,"
- two drivers were charged with "drive motor vehicle - no currently validated permit,"
- two drivers were charged with "failing to surrender insurance card" and
- one person was charged with "owner permit operation of a motor vehicle on highway - no insurance."
This weekend there were three motor vehicle collisions in the Almaguin Highlands area, two of the collisions report no injuries. The third collision involved a fatality on a motorized snow vehicle.
See: Fatal collision under investigation
Officers also conducted R.I.D.E. programs throughout the area and checked a total of 184 vehicles and drivers.
No-one was charged with impaired driving.