OPP report no issues with people following the stay-at-home order in the Rainy River district.
Acting Staff Sergeant Jim Mills told members of the Fort Frances Police Services Board there has been only one charge related to that order.
“There have been no other violation charges laid related to the legislature. There have been a couple of reports of possible violations that either resulted in an investigation finding they were to be unfounded or some education where there was some confusion over what the current rules were,” says Mills.
A 60-year-old Atikokan man was charged on May 2 after a protest over the lockdown took place in Atikokan.
There were other protests, but Mills says only warnings were issued.
“We had our provincial liaison team reach out to all of the people that were observed and documented at some of the initial protests to educate them about the legislation and make sure they understood that if this continued, there would be likely charges laid.”
Mills says there were no further issues after those discussions or protests since.
