Food truck in Yarmouth fined for Health Protection Act violation
RCMP also ticket 10 people for being too close to each other, or too far from their home
RCMP in Yarmouth, N.S., have charged a business for violating Nova Scotia's Health Protection Act.
Police say they got a complaint around noon Thursday about a food truck in the town.
According to a release, officers found none of the employees were wearing masks. The owner reportedly told police that they refused to wear masks because the health restrictions were not the "law."
RCMP issued a fine for $11,622.50.
Halifax District RCMP fine 10
Halifax District RCMP ticketed 10 people for violations of the Health Protection Act.
Early Thursday, the RCMP stopped a vehicle on Highway 7 near Port Dufferin on the Eastern Shore.
Police said the four people in the vehicle were from the Sipekne'katik area and charged the men for non-essential travel outside of their municipality. The men were handed $2,422 fines each.
After 10 p.m. Thursday, police said they saw six people in Eastern Passage who were not physically distanced. Police handed all six a fine for $2,422 each.
Police have handed out more than 800 tickets related to COVID-19, but few people have voluntarily paid them.
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