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Ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are sharing insights on the importance of life-saving devices for those out enjoying the many great waterways this country holds. In a media release, OPP provided the following details about on-road-, off-road- and boating-related fatalities over the last
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted its four-day seatbelt campaign over the Easter long weekend, laying 1,386 charges throughout the province against drivers and passengers who failed to buckle up and keep themselves safe. According to a release from the OPP, officers also focused their efforts on ensuring the safe
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Although the year saw a significant reduction in traffic on roads patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), collisions in 2020 resulted in a higher fatality rate than those collisions that took place in 2019. According to the OPP 2020 collision and fatality data, released on Monday, Mar. 16, 2021,
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Every summer, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) runs a Canada Day Week safety campaign. This year’s campaign ran from Thursday, Jun. 27 to Sunday, Jul. 5, 2020. During this year’s weekly campaign, five people died in motor vehicle collisions and two were killed in boating accidents. The causes of the
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Canada Road Safety Week came to an end this week, and resulted in a staggering 2,459 charges laid on highways in eastern Ontario. Road safety week wrapped up on Monday, May 20, 2019, and demonstrated that impaired driving is a problem on the well-travelled highways in our region of
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