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What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’

<p>The court sided with a Canadian hiker who deliberately challenged the order imposed to curb spread of wildfires</p><p>As wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canadian</a> province made a simple plea to residents

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What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’<p>The court sided with a Canadian hiker who deliberately challenged the order imposed to curb spread of wildfires</p><p>As wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canadian</a> province made a simple plea to residents
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