Local traffic enforcement was out and about during the Canada Day weekend.

A total of 78 tickets were issued between Thursday and yesterday, 27 of them for speeding with the highest recorded speed being 149 kilometres-an-hour in a one hundred zone.

Additionally, nine impaired drivers were taken off the roads, with seven of them caught during patrols and checks stops at Paint Lake Provincial Park. 155 boats were also checked at Paint Lake to ensure they had proper safety equipment as required.

Other tickets issued include nine for driving unregistered vehicles, seven to learner drivers not driving with supervising drivers, and six for failing to slow down and move over for a stopped emergency vehicle.