The Ontario government says a man has been fined $3,000 after a bullet he fired at a squirrel travelled past his yard and narrowly missed an employee of a Huron County township.
The Ministry of Natural Resources says the man from St. Helens pleaded guilty to careless hunting and is banned from having any hunting licences for a year.
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The ministry says that on June 5, conservation officers were told that a Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh employee was nearly hit by a bullet that struck the town hall in St. Helens.
An investigation concluded that a man had fired a rifle at a squirrel in his yard, shooting in the direction of the main intersection in town.
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The ministry says the bullet passed “within feet” of the township employee before striking the building.
The case was heard in a Goderich, Ont., court in August.
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