A 35-year-old Halifax man has been ticketed $1,000 for failing to provide safe social distancing to others at a bus shelter.
Halifax Regional Police say the ticket was issued at around 5:45 on Wednesday at the bus shelter on Duke Street. Police say the man was ticketed for failing to comply with regulations under the Health Protection Act.
This is the first ticket Halifax Regional Police have issued in relation to social distancing since the province declared a state of emergency on March 22.
They have issued six others in relation to people being in prohibited areas. On Monday, police handed a 57-year-old man a ticket after he spotted at Shubie Park in Dartmouth. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] T