NIPAWIN, Sask. — A Saskatchewan judge has upheld the province’s public health orders that required restaurants to track patrons during the height of the…
Shorebird Investment Ltd, which operates a hotel and restaurant in Tobin Lake, Sask., filed the legal challenge after it was charged for not following health orders in March 2021.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The public health orders at that time required restaurants to collect the first and last names of all dine-in patrons, as well as a phone number or email. The decision said Shorebird owner Bryan Baraniski was warned by officials multiple times about the rules. However, the restaurant only had a volunteer and incomplete sign-in sheet and a notice posted at the front of the business.Article content
But after the outbreak was linked to the establishment, public health officials trying to contact trace infections found the lists kept by the restaurant were inaccurate and incomplete.
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