{"id":21453,"date":"2021-05-18T15:26:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=21453"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:26:43","slug":"man-woman-fined-for-health-protection-act-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=21453","title":{"rendered":"Man, woman fined for Health Protection Act violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HRM: A man and woman have been charged with Health Protection Act violations in separate incidents in HRM on May 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a release, Halifax District RCMP say at approximately 3 p.m. on May 17, RCMP received a call of a man refusing to wear a mask inside a business on Sackville Dr. in Lower Sackville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Lisa Croteau, with Halifax District RCMP, said police attended and located the man. He received a ticket for failing to wear a mask in a public place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 11:30 p.m. on May 17, police were on patrol and stopped a vehicle on Memory Lane in Musquodoboit Harbour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police learned that the driver was from Indian Brook. The woman was charged under the Health Protection Act for non-essential travel outside of the municipality where the woman primarily resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tickets for both offences each carry a fine amount of\u00a0$2,422.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Croteau said police are reminding everyone to follow all public health orders and municipal bylaws. We all need to do our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCMP would like to thank Nova Scotians for their continued support, and express appreciation to the vast majority who are adhering to the directives outlined by the provincial government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File # 21-57835, 21-58018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] HRM: A man and woman have been charged with Health Protection Act violations in separate incidents in HRM on May 17. In a release, Halifax District RCMP say at approximately 3 p.m. on May 17, RCMP received a call of a man refusing to wear a mask inside a business on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[196,2154,1034,13,14],"class_list":["post-21453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants","tag-health-protection-act-violations","tag-indian-brook","tag-lower-sackville","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}