Two Rossland seniors were fined $3,450 by police last week after crossing back into the country at a U.S.-Canada border without presenting proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
RCMP received a request from the Canadian Border Services Agency to issue a violation ticket on Friday (March 26), according to Sgt. Mike Wicentowich.
It is alleged that an 82-year-old man and a woman, 68, crossed into the U.S. and then returned to Canada within a day. The agencies say the pair did this without presenting proof of a mandatory negative COVID-19 screening test, as mandated under the Quarantine Act.
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The man and woman have been fined $3,450.
Writing up the seniors came just days before the B.C. government formally extended the provincial state of emergency, 香蕉视频直播渁llowing health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act (EPA) to support the province香蕉视频直播檚 COVID-19 pandemic response.香蕉视频直播�
The state of emergency is extended through the end of the day on April 13.
The extension is based on recommendations from B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 health and emergency management officials. The original declaration was made on March 18, 2020, the day after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry declared a public health emergency.
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