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The lawyer for a pastor accused of holding Sunday services that ignored COVID-19 rules says his client should be released from jail and be free to lead worshippers until his trial.
James Coates with GraceLife Church, west of Edmonton, has been in jail for more than two weeks and is appealing his bail conditions. Queen’s Bench Justice Peter Michalyshyn is to make a decision Friday.
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VANCOUVER A lawyer for several British Columbia churches says the province s COVID-19 restrictions substantially interfere with his clients rights to freedom of religion under the Canadian charter. Paul Jaffe told the B.C. Supreme Court that religion is far more than belief, thoughts and opinions - rather, it s the “actual practice” of those things in ways that are an important part of the faith. “It s not just the belief, it s the manifestation of those beliefs,” he told the court Tuesday. “There couldn t be, I say, a more substantial interference with religious freedom than to prohibit them from gathering to worship - absolutely integral to their faith.”
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