{"id":26269,"date":"2022-02-04T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=26269"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:10:27","slug":"n-s-announces-new-order-banning-blockades-of-highways-roads-and-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=26269","title":{"rendered":"N.S. announces new order banning blockades of highways, roads, and streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> N.S. has issued a new directive under the Emergency Management Act on Feb. 4 prohibiting protesters from blockading or disrupting traffic on any road, street or highway in Nova Scotia.<br \/><br \/>The new directive follows a similar one issued January 28 banning protesters from organizing a blockade of Highway 104 at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border in support of the 2022 Freedom Convoy and the Atlantic Hold the Line event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals and corporations could be fined for failing to comply with the directive. The directive will remain in place for the duration of the provincial state of emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<br \/><br \/>Quick Facts:<br \/>&#8212; a state of emergency was declared under the Emergency Management Act on March 22, 2020, and has been extended until February 20, 2022<br \/>&#8212; fines for a summary conviction under the new directive will range from $3,000 to $10,000 for individuals and between $20,000 and $100,000 for a corporation; these have increased under the new directives<br \/>&#8212; outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people are prohibited under the Health Protection Act order<br \/>&#8212; blocking a road or highway is also an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada<br \/>&#8212; the directive issued January 28 remains in effect<br \/><br \/>Additional Resources:<br \/>The new directive is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/docs\/direction-of-minister-road-blockade-ban.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/docs\/direction-of-minister-road-blockade-ban.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;156&#8243;]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] HALIFAX: N.S. has issued a new directive under the Emergency Management Act on Feb. 4 prohibiting protesters from blockading or disrupting traffic on any road, street or highway in Nova Scotia. The new directive follows a similar one issued January 28 banning protesters from organizing a blockade of Highway 104 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[3146,3147,2150,3105,48,1097],"class_list":["post-26269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anti-vax","tag-blockades","tag-covid-19","tag-freedom-convoy","tag-n-s","tag-state-of-emergency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269","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=26269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}