PORT STANLEY, ONT. One look at the beach in Port Stanley, Ont. and you wouldn t know it is against the provincial Reopening Ontario Act (ROA) to sit down and soak up the sun. I m fully aware that there are hundreds of people on the beach, says Sally Martyn, mayor of Central Elgin. The beaches are open for recreation but not for sitting and sunbathing picnicking. For their own safety and based on previous interactions with beach-goers, bylaw officers have been told not to enforce the ROA. It s not fair to the bylaw officers to try and enforce that, says Martyn. They can educate people and they will continue to do so.
LONDON, ONT. Private Marina owners in Norfolk County are asking for a level playing field . When the Ontario government can open their own launches but private businesses can t, it just doesn t make any sense at all, says Ray Ferris, owner of Old Cut Boat Livery in Long Point, Ont. Ferris and a few other marina owners are disobeying the provincial shutdown order by opening their boat launches against the Reopening Ontario Act. The defiance comes on the heels of the province allowing boaters to launch in Provincial Parks beginning Saturday. On a beautiful morning to take the boat on the water, John Klyn was excited to go fishing.