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199 violation tickets worth 2,300 dollars each issued in B.C. due to the COVID-19 pandemic
BY , Mar 3, 2021 6:31 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
File - Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General for British Columbia, Mike Farnworth during a news conference. (B.C. Government)
The BC government says it has issued 1,366 violation tickets under its ongoing state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That includes 199 tickets worth 2,300 dollars each to owners or organizers breaking restrictions on gathering events, adding up to nearly 460,000 dollars in total.
The Ministry of Public Safety says in a statement that a further 1,099 tickets worth 230 dollars each have been issued to individuals who refused to comply with law enforcement.
101 tickets totalling nearly 330,000 dollars have been issued to people breaking federal quarantine rules.
Since the start of the pandemic, WorkSafeBC has conducted 23,130 COVID-19 related work site inspections.
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