Calgary Pastor Rejects Bail Terms Amid Claims of Invalid Court Order Used for His Arrest
Another pastor in Alberta has been arrested for allegedly defying the province’s COVID-19 gathering restrictions, but lawyers said the health enforcement order on which the arrest was based is no longer valid.
Pastor Tim Stephens of the Fairview Baptist Church was detained by Calgary police on Sunday for allegedly refusing to limit his congregation and have them wear masks as stipulated by the Alberta Health Services (AHS).
On May 6, the AHS obtained an order from the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta that allows the arrest of Whistle Stop Café owner Christopher Scott, former councillor and mayoral candidate for Innisfail town Glen Carritt, and John and Jane Does meaning “any other person acting … independently to like effect and with Notice of this Order” for organizing, attending, and promoting “illegal public gatherings” that violate orders issued by the Alberta Chief Med
CALGARY: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms was in court again today on behalf of Calgary pastor Tim Stephens, in jail since Sunday May 16. Alberta Health Services (AHS) has sought to keep Pastor Stephens in jail until he agrees to consent to the violation of his Charter rights and freedoms by Albertaâs public health orders.
Albertaâs public health orders are subject to Charter challenges in two separate court actions, and thus far the Alberta Government has failed to produce any medical or scientific evidence, in either court action, that might justify its public health orders as required by the Charter.
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Dr. Jared Bullard, a paediatric infectious disease specialist, is a witness for the Manitoba government who is being sued for the measures they ve taken to combat COVID, and has provided testimony regarding the unreliability of PCR testing.
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How much of the story of this pandemic would change if we recognized that cases were not an accurate measure of the pandemic severity? Why are conversations like this rarely had within the mainstream media?
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John Carpay, the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) in Calgary, holds the conviction “that truth has the opportunity t.
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