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Posted: Mar 12, 2021 11:05 AM MT | Last Updated: March 12 Tickets were issued to Fairview Baptist Church by community peace officers on March 8, and were related to physical distancing regulations and gathering over capacity. Pastor Tim Stephens, pictured, has continued to encourage congregants to gather in spite of COVID-19 safety regulations.(Fairview Baptist Church/YouTube)

Article content A Calgary pastor said more fines and the spectre of imprisonment won’t stop him from holding in-person services that defy COVID-19 restrictions. Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church, who said his flock gathered to worship out of view earlier this year, made the vow even as a court on Friday refused bail to a fellow Alberta pastor of a church west of Edmonton detained for refusing to observe those limitations. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refre...

Article content My COVID Story: How have you been impacted by coronavirus? Postmedia is looking to speak with people who may have been impacted by COVID-19 here in Alberta.  Have you undergone a travel-related quarantine? Have you received your vaccine, and if so did you feel any side effects? Have you changed your life for the better because of the pandemic? Send us an email at reply@calgaryherald.com to tell us your experience, or send us a message via this form. Calgary pharmacies offerin...

How undersowing maize with grass can cut N leaching >More in © Bright Maize Nitrogen (N) leaching can be reduced by 61% – the equivalent of 20kg of N/ha – when maize is undersown with grass, a recent trial has demonstrated. Bright Maize, in collaboration with Wessex Water, carried out trials last year at its demonstration site, Dean Lanes Farm, in Wiltshire, to examine if undersown ryegrass mixes could help reduce run-off and improv...

CONTACT YOUR MP: Free Pastor Coates and protect people of faith! Contact your MP, here. CALGARY, Alberta, February 25, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In solidarity with Alberta Pastor James Coates who is in jail for preaching to his flock amid lockdowns, another faith leader defied COVID rules restricting service sizes with a service held last Sunday, saying we “cannot comply with rules” that make “what we essentially do as a church impossible.” “We understand the dangers of COVID-19 but we...

Share Safeguarding the rainforest is a critical priority because of the ecosystem’s planetary importance. Recent increases in deforestation and fires in the region have made this even more urgent. The new research, published in the Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), says using human rights law to protect the Amazon is more likely to have stronger prospects, as campaigners wouldn’t need to submit information about more than one nation for it to be u...

Albertans born in 1946 or earlier can book COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting Wednesday Starting Wednesday at 8 a.m. MT, Albertans born in 1946 or earlier will be able to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine appointment. Appointments can be booked online or by calling 811. Theres expected to be high demand, so the province is asking people to be patient.  The appointments will be booked at 58 sites around the province, between 8:20 a.m. and 3:40 p.m., seven days a week. Those hours will be ex...

Author of the article: Bill Kaufmann Publishing date: Feb 22, 2021  •  February 22, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Fariview Baptist Church held an in-person Sunday service on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The church has said it would defy current capacity restrictions that limit in-person faith gatherings to 15 per cent of fire code capacity. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Article content A Calgary church already ticketed for violating COVID-19 restrictions is vowing to continue de...

Author of the article: Bill Kaufmann Publishing date: Feb 22, 2021  •  February 22, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Fariview Baptist Church held an in-person Sunday service on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The church has said it would defy current capacity restrictions that limit in-person faith gatherings to 15 per cent of fire code capacity. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Article content A Calgary church already ticketed for violating COVID-19 restrictions is vowing to continue def...

Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Edmonton Remand Centre on Feb. 20 to show their support for pastor James Coates who remained in custody after being charged with breaking Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his bail conditions.