"You don't say, 'Hey it's not my problem.'"ĭefence also posed the possibility of chairs and tables in the dance floor area being out of sight due to all the patrons in the area, but the liquor inspector disagreed. "It was part of public health guidance," Tripathi said, comparing it to reporting a fire. The courthouse is one of several commercial buildings in Yellowknife that is owned by Northview and houses government offices. When Bran had the opportunity to cross examine Tripathi, the defence lawyer asked who instructed the liquor inspector to make the health violations an issue. After a heated back and forth, Hanna agreed it was possible she did not notice tables and chairs. The defence lawyer shared a photo of the dance floor area in question with tables and chairs in the area. Hanna said enforcement for Public Health Act violations is out of her jurisdiction and she did not talk to staff about the crowding or dancing.īran also quizzed Hanna if it was possible there were tables and chairs on the dance floor she wasn't able to see that night. Mixed testimony on tables and chairsĬross examination took up a significant amount of time in the morning as the defence lawyer asked Hanna and Tripathi about each specific duty during the liquor inspection, how long each duty took, and what their walking path was from when they entered to when they left.ĭuring Hanna's cross examination, Bran asked if she raised her public health violation concerns with the staff. "Personally I think it could have been minimized," he said on the stand. Tripathi painted a similar scene during his testimony, saying he saw people dancing and noted his concern with the "crowding" in the pub. She described the scene as looking "pre-pandemic" and like "a regular Friday night." Hanna said the pair checked out other restaurants and pubs before stopping at the Monkey Tree Pub, but once she got to the pub she observed "no masks, no restrictions and shoulder-to-shoulder dancing." Lawyer for Yellowknife pub charged with COVID-19 violation vows to 'fight the fine'.Yellowknife pub owner alleges harassment by COVID-19 enforcement officer. Manager of liquor enforcement Suzanne Hanna, normally based out of Hay River, N.W.T., was in Yellowknife tagging along with liquor inspector Vibhesh Tripathi on Nov. It was a routine inspection, the two liquor inspectors said during their respective testimonies. "If you are waiting for a beer in line at the bar and there is music … and you start dancing, is that a dance floor?" Bran asked the judge.Īfter a day of testimony from four witnesses called by territorial lawyer Roger Shepard, Judge Bernadette Schmaltz will deliver her decision Friday morning. The observations were reported to territorial public health officers who investigated and issued the fine a month later.īut what really constitutes a dance floor? Bran asked during closing arguments. liquor inspectors who observed a "crowded bar" and "people dancing" during a routine inspection in November 2020. The charge stemmed from a visit from two N.W.T. The Stars at Noon original motion picture soundtrack is the band’s first collection of new material since 2020’s Distractions.That was part of closing argument from Yellowknife defence lawyer Jay Bran during the trial for the Monkey Tree Pub owners facing a $5,175 fine under the Public Health Act related to COVID-19 health orders. Earlier this year, Tindersticks released a collection of works from more than 30 years as a band along with the new song “Both Sides of The Blade,” for Denis’ film Avec amour et acharnament, released earlier this summer. These include the ominous title track for the 2001 horror-thriller Trouble Every Day and the mournful “Put Your Love in Me” for the 2013 neo-noir Bastards. Since her 1996 feature Nénette and Boni, Denis has continued to work in some capacity with Staples and Tindersticks on the distinctive music in her films, through conventional scoring or bespoke numbers written for specific scenes. “I sent a rough mix to Claire in Panama, they were having production problems and she said the song cheered them all up – I heard all the crew singing along in the background.” Finding that tempo was key for me and the final version was recorded live in one take,” Staples said about the title song. “I was pushing it to be slower and slower, until it only just grooved, just on the cusp.
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