People attend an outdoor worship service in May 2021 held at the Church of God of Aylmer in Ontario, Canada. | Herbert Hildebrandt
A Canadian congregation has been charged with violating lockdown rules when it held multiple outdoor worship services with more than 10 people in attendance after its church building was shut down by the government.Â
The Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario, held two services, one on May 16 and the other on May 23 attended by hundreds of people, that violated the Reopening Ontario Act because it exceeded the capacity limit.Â
Also known as the Roadmap to Reopen, Step 1 of the program involves allowing outdoor gatherings of no more than 10 people and non-essential retail being allowed at 15% capacity.
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VANCOUVER A church in Kelowna, B.C., was fined $2,300 for having an indoor gathering days before the province lifted its COVID-19 circuit breaker measures, according to the RCMP. Authorities said they received a report of a gathering at a local church on the evening of May 19. Kelowna RCMP officers were called to the place of worship, spoke to a church representative and issued a fine for organizing an event in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. Mounties did not share the name of the church or provide any details about what kind of event was being held inside. We all have an important role to play during this public health emergency, Supt. Kara Triance of the Kelowna RCMP detachment said in a statement. Public safety is a priority for the RCMP and we urge citizens to adhere to the orders to keep everyone safe and reduce the risk of virus transmission.
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The Rebel to Rabble Review: Anti-lockdown legal battles By iPolitics. Published on May 21, 2021 1:00am Anti-mask protesters in Peterborough, Ont., on Jan. 16
Rebel News supporters who dutifully opened their wallets to fill the coffers of the avowedly right-leaning media outlet’s Fight the Fines campaign can take heart in knowing that, while their latest bid to overturn an “anti-free-speech restraining order” may not have been entirely successful, their crowd-funded legal team might at least get the chance to cross-examine Alberta’s chief medical officer, Deena Hinshaw, in court.
Alberta Health Services imposed the order as part of a provincewide crackdown on “illegal public gatherings.”