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OPP Cracking Down On Distracted Driving

A week-long OPP Distracted Driving Campaign starts today.

A news release from the OPP indicates that this is shaping up to be the seventh year in a row where inattentive driving surpasses impaired driving as a factor in fatal collisions in the province.

So far this year, driver inattention has been listed a factor in 12 of the 51 fatal collisions investigated by the OPP.

Police are launching a week-long education and enforcement blitz.

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Owen Sound Library session gets cyclists ready to roll

Dust off those handlebars and pump up those tires because cycling season is officially upon us! If your trusty two-wheeler is looking a bit more "rusty" than "ready," the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has just the thing to get you back on the road safely.