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Out of an abundance of caution, the daily burn restrictions now also apply to campgrounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open fires like campfires are only permitted after 2 p.m. when the BurnSafe map is green or after 7 p.m. when the map is yellow \u2013 just like campfires in people\u2019s backyards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Devices such as gas stoves and charcoal briquette barbeques can still be used any time, following manufacturers\u2019 instructions.
The fine amounts are set in the Summary Offence Ticket Regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Conservation officers, police and other law enforcement officers can issue the fine on the spot in the form of a summary offence ticket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A victim surcharge and HST also apply to the fine, bringing the total to $28,872.50.
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– the illegal burning fine increased to $25,000 last spring with the provincewide burn ban during the large wildfires; this year, the $25,000 fine applies to violations of the daily burn restrictions
– the basic fine for violating the restrictions is $237.50; the larger fine is in place through a proclamation until the end of wildfire season
– the Province may consider reinstating the original fine amount if conditions significantly reduce the risk of wildfires
– industrial burning, such as clearing agricultural land or burning brush piles of certain sizes requires a permit from the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables<\/p>\n\n\n\n[adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[adrotate banner=”71″] [adrotate banner=”169″] HALIFAX: Beginning May 16, Nova Scotia has increased the fine for violating daily burn restrictions to $25,000. Premier Tim Houston made the announcement in a release issued on May 16. He said almost all wildfires in Nova Scotia are human caused. “With the weather starting to get warmer and dryer, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[6703,390,2,4996,1390,6704,48,2517,1765,6189],"class_list":["post-45220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-burnsafe","tag-enfield","tag-fall-river","tag-fine-increase","tag-fires","tag-illegal-burning","tag-n-s","tag-premier-tim-houston","tag-tantallon","tag-wildifres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45220","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=45220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}