As the long weekend arrives, Ontario Provincial Police are warning they'll be watching to ensure people are being safe and following the rules.
Superior East OPP Constable Ashley Nickle notes the long weekend coincides with the final days of Canada Road Safety Week, an annual awareness campaign aimed at saving lives and reducing injuries by getting people to comply with safe driving measures.
Nickle notes the long weekend also marks the start of Safe Boating Week - tomorrow to next Friday - so officers will be out patrolling to enforce boating laws and promote marine safety, as OPP investigate "many needless marine deaths" each year.
Constable Nickle warns impaired boating is also a major factor - both alcohol and drug - as well as driver inattention or weather, urging boaters to ensure they have all the equipment required by law - and that everything's "in good working order".
Ontario Power Generation also urges caution around hydroelectric stations and dams, as water levels can change quickly and sometimes without warning.