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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Canadian man who hiked in woods in defiance of ban has case heard in court

A road through autumnal woods in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The ban between early August and mid-September last year included sweeping restrictions on hiking, camping, fishing and using trail systems. Photograph: cworthy/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A Canadian man who intentionally violated a provincial ban on walking in the woods in order to launch a constitutional challenge on the restriction is having his case heard by the province’s supreme court this week.

Jeffrey Evely, a Canadian army veteran who lives in the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia, said that he took a daily hike in the woods in order to manage symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder he had developed as a soldier, court briefings show.

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