A $28,872.50 fine imposed under Nova Scotia’s now-invalidated “woods ban” has been revoked, ending the enforcement actions against a resident who deliberately violated the ban in protest last summer.
The Halifax Crown Attorney’s Office has withdrawn the ticket against Canadian Armed Forces veteran Jeffrey Evely, who was set to appear in Nova Scotia Provincial Court on July 22, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced in a June 24 press release.
Lawyers backed by the Justice Centre said they had planned to argue that the Nova Scotia Supreme Court’s spring ruling in favour of Evely’s constitutional challenge to the province-wide prohibition essentially eliminated the prosecutor’s ability to enforce the ticket….