Judge Finds Provincewide Fire Hazard Closure “Unreasonable”
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has ruled the province’s decision last year to ban most people from entering the woods to prevent wildfires during an extreme drought was unreasonable. The judicial review from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court determined that the provincewide ban imposed in August 2025 did not meet the standard for reasonableness because the province failed to consider the impact on Charter rights. The Ruling In a decision released Friday, Justice Jamie Campbell said it was clear […]
