A Collingwood retail store is among two that have been charged for “failing to comply” with an order in the Reopening Ontario Act.
According to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Today’s Natural Solutions (located on Hume Street) has been fined a total of $880 as a result.
However, few other details about the charges have been released.
The other involves the Loretto Inn on County Road 1 in Adjala-Tosorontio.
A number of regulations have been passed by the Province under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 and the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to limit the spread of COVID-19.
In addition, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU)’s Medical Officer of Health has the power under the Health Protection and Promotion Act to order individuals or businesses, or certain classes of people or businesses, to take or refrain from taking specific actions in respect of a communicable disease. Failure to follow these orders can result in fines or closures. Further, under the Reopening Ontario Act, the Medical Officer of Health has the authority to issue instructions to businesses and organizations to take additional measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Police and Provincial Offences Officers (such as SMDHU’s public health inspectors and tobacco enforcement officers, as well as municipal bylaw enforcement officers) are responsible for enforcing these public health measures.
To see the list of SMDHU complaints, please click here.