Fine Dropped Against Woman Who Did Not Stay in COVID Quarantine Hotel After Trip

A person closes the curtains in a room at a government-authorized COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Richmond, B.C., on Feb. 28, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Crown prosecutors in Ontario have entered a stay of proceedings against a woman who was ticketed and fined $6,225 for not staying in a COVID-19 quarantine hotel after returning to Canada.

According to a news release from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), the woman was fined upon returning from a visit to New York on Aug. 3, 2021.