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A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge says the provincial government made an unreasonable decision last year when it banned most people from entering the woods to prevent wildfires during an extreme drought. In a decision released Friday, Justice Jamie Campbell said the provincewide ban imposed on Aug. 5, 2025, did not meet the standard for reasonableness because the province failed to consider the impact on Charter rights.“It was not a fleeting or insignificant restriction,” Campbell wrote. “It substantially affected peoples’ lives.”The ban prohibited “entry into the woods for the purposes of travelling, camping, fishing or picnicking or any other purpose,…
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Diane Cooper and her Dalmatian have been missing for more than 10 days, and RCMP…
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Montreal is bringing in dikes, pumps and sandbags as river levels and flood risks rise.…
The Ford government will fast-track its controversial changes to freedom of information laws, bypassing public…
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