NEW opp police

A couple of impaired driving charges were filed by North Bay Cluster OPP over the long weekend.

Police say just after 11 o’clock Saturday morning a 40 year Powassan woman was arrested after an officer directing traffic for a community event was talking with a driver and detected an odour of alcohol.

Meantime, a 26 year old man from Richmond Hill was charged after a traffic stop around 4:30 pm Sunday.

Police say a vehicle was pulled over after it passed a cruiser at a high rate of speed in the northbound lanes of Highway 11 in North Bay.