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North Bay OPP fine teen after house party allegedly exceeds COVID-19 limits

Provincial police in North Bay say they have fined an 18-year-old after receiving a complaint about a large house party in East Ferris Township on Saturday night.

Officers say they found between 40 and 50 youth in the home

OPP cruiser.
North Bay OPP say the Saturday night party was violating the Reopening Ontario Act, which limits indoor social gatherings to 10 people or less. (Paula Duhatschek/CBC)

Provincial police in North Bay have fined a teenager after receiving a complaint about a large house party in East Ferris Township on Saturday night.

OPP say officers went to a house on Eglington Road N., just before midnight, and officers said they found between 40 and 50 youth in the home. 

The party-goers were all under the age of 20, and police say they ticketed the 18-year-old host with violating the Reopening Ontario Act, which limits indoor social gatherings to 10 people or less.

Police say the fine for violating the act is $880.

Ontario Provincial Police remind the public that everyone is responsible to comply with federal and government orders to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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