When two months of no rain had reduced Nova Scotia to a “tinder box” as Premier Tim Houston put it, he ordered people to stay out of the woods .

Many people accepted the measure, which came into effect in the first week of August, as a necessary way to reduce the risk of a stray spark igniting a blaze that wouldn’t be controlled. Others were furious .

“People are effectively prohibited from entering nature for the rest of the summer,” read one angry post on Facebook that has been interacted with hundreds of times. But the poster, who has tens of thousands of followers, didn’t seem to be in any danger of going anywhere near a Nova Scotian forest, permitted or no.

According to the poster’s profile and website, he was born and still works in Belgium, where he offers energetic healing a

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