Darlene Necan, a homeless woman from northern Ontario, plans to move into the cabin she built herself after the provincial government withdrew its charges against her in court today.
The First Nations woman was facing charges from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry for breaching the Public Lands Act and was facing more than $10,000 in fines after constructing a one-room cabin on Crown land where her parents once lived in Savant Lake, Ont.
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But when Necan opted to go to trial rather than pay the fines, the government dropped the charges, 18 months after they were first laid.
Charges dropped against homeless woman who built her own cabin
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