{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003126",
 "municipality": "Antigonish",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.townofantigonish.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Fire By-law",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.townofantigonish.ca/107-outdoor-fire-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Outdoor Fire By-law of the Town of Antigonish; regulates outdoor fires and open burning under the Municipal Government Act. PDF opened (scanned) and confirmed.",
   "capture_sha256": "153fe6a8c8f9d403e332332df76653d7a0b86da8b7143fdc6538192a46aaf65c",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/153fe6a8c8f9d403e332332df76653d7a0b86da8b7143fdc6538192a46aaf65c.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "allowed_conditions": "Fires in acceptable fire pit with spark arrestor, dry seasoned firewood, >15 ft from buildings/property line, no nuisance, adult present, extinguisher nearby; barbecues permitted",
    "fine_range": "First offence $250.00; second $1,000.00; third $5,000.00 (no less than $250, not exceeding $5,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5 Outdoor Fires Permitted",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 5(2)(i)-(viii)",
    "fine_range": "s. 7(1); Schedule 'A'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/antigonish-town/open-burning/text-153fe6a8c8f9/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/antigonish-town/open-burning/"
}