Source: The Canadian Press, November 24, 2017
LA RONGE, Sask. — A man who admitted he started several wildfires in northern Saskatchewan by flicking lit wooden matches into the forest has been fined tens of thousands of dollars.
Donald Halkett Jr. recently appeared in La Ronge provincial court and was given a six-month conditional sentence and ordered to pay more than $41,000 to cover the cost of fighting the fires.
Halkett Jr., who is 22, pleaded guilty to mischief and failing to comply with a fire ban.
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