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"Tragic Weekend On West Region Roads": OPP

Provincial police have released figures that support what they are calling a "tragic weekend on West Region roads".

Two separate motorcycle collisions in Huron County on Sunday claimed the lives of three people.  Another person on one of the bikes remains in serious condition in a London hospital.   In both cases, the motorcycles were hit by vehicles.

OPP officers also found a lot of weekend drivers were in a hurry. In the West Region alone, police laid 979 Speeding charges, and 15 Racing charges. Across the province, over 45-hundred drivers were charged for Speeding or Racing.

18 drivers in the West Region were stopped and charged with Impaired; 33 for Distracted Driving; 42 for No Seatbelt; and 105 for Fail to Move Over For Emergency Vehicles.

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Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.