For those wondering if Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston was serious about fining citizens $25,000 for taking a walk in the woods, meet the first person to receive one of those lofty fines.

His name is Jeff Evely – and he’s extremely serious himself.

There wasn’t a challenge he wasn’t up to facing while serving with the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan in 2009 and later in Iraq in 2019. He understands what it’s like to go to war and come home with scars.

The Air Force veteran, who retired as a Master Warrant Officer after 20 years of service, worked in the unarmed aircraft unit, which meant, “I would see our young soldiers die at night and watch them get loaded on planes in caskets in the day.”

Needless to say, he suffers from PTSD.

“I saw more Canadians loaded into Hercs than most,

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