N.S. man purposely violates ban on entering woods, gets handed $28K fine

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Climate Lockdowns: ‘COVID was the rehearsal…Climate is the show’ – Canadians banned from ‘walk in the woods’ for their own safety?!

https://irrationalfear.substack.com/p/climate-lockdowns DR. MATTHEW WIELICKI Excerpt: This month, Canadians learned that a walk in the woods could cost more than a speeding ticket. Nova Scotia barred hiking, biking, fishing, and even picnics on forested land and advertised fines up to $25,000 for violators. https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/06/several-25000-fines-issued-for-violating-burn-bans-says-natural-resources/ New Brunswick shut the pub…

Man walks into Nova Scotia forest, walks out with $28K fine: 'I want to challenge this order in court'

“I’m not trying to make trouble for you guys, I just want a piece of (the premier),” Jeffrey Evely told officers before going into the woods.

N.S. man purposely violates ban on entering woods, gets handed $28K fine

A Nova Scotia man has been slapped with a fine worth more than $28,000 after deliberately violating the province's ban on woods travel, a move he says was necessary to challenge the provincial proclamation in court.

If pedophiles have a charter right to loiter by playgrounds, do Nova Scotians have one to walk in the woods?

Jeffrey Evely thanked Department of Natural Resources officers for giving him a $28,872.50 fine for going in the woods.

N.S. man gets ticket on purpose for walking in woods to fight fire-safety ban

Jeff Evely, a People’s Party of Canada candidate in the April 28 federal election, was fined almost $29,000 for violating a Nova Scotia fire-safety ban on entering the woods.