Old Fines Resurface After Jail Time | Calgary News

Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 26, 2026 · 1m

A Toronto hustler from the 90s, Halpin Hild, thought his two-week jail stint for selling knockoff designer goods was the end of his run-in with the law — until he tried buying a house in Alberta and discovered his old fines, totaling over $30K, were still haunting his credit report. Despite the city writing off $3M in old bylaw fines last year, Hild’s case didn’t qualify — because under the Provincial Offences Act, fines have no statute of limitations. Now, he’s hiring a lawyer to argue his jail time should’ve erased the debt and is working with credit bureaus to scrub the record — all while…