Police in Ontario say two Americans have been fined for breaking Canada's COVID-19 quarantine rules after being spotted multiple times in Fort Frances, Ont.
TORONTO -- Two Americans have been fined for breaking Canada's COVID-19 quarantine rules after being spotted multiple times in an Ontario town, police say.
Ontario Provincial Police officers in the Rainy River District, which runs along the Canada-U.S. border west of Thunder Bay, Ont., say the 66-year-old man and 65-year-old woman entered Canada on June 24. Police report that the visitors were told to drive straight to their Canadian destination and stay there for 14 days.
"Both individuals failed to comply with the … Quarantine Act and were observed making stops in the Town of Fort Frances," police said Saturday in a news release. As a result of the charge, the man and woman, who police say live in Excelsior, Minn., have each been fined $1,000.
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