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Canadian hiker
Coverage of Canadian hiker in the Nexus archive.
- What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’
A Nova Scotia judge overturned the province's wildfire ban on hiking in the woods, ruling it defied 'commonsense definitions.' The court sided with a Canadian hiker who challenged the C$25,000 fine imposed for entering forested areas during wildfires.