Officials with the OPP say it was a busy long weekend for officers with the Thunder Bay detachment area.
Sgt. Shelley Garr says 503 speeding tickets were handed out in this region. Along with the speeding tickets, police issued 24 tickets for seatbelt infractions, 12 impaired driving charges and five distracted driving charges.
Police also laid two stunt driving charges.
Across the province, five fatalities were reported during the long weekend. Four people died in highway incidents while one person died following an incident on a provincial waterway.
(CKPR Radio)