04-23-2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. (Screenshot credit: Toronto Star/YouTube)
Through tears, Ontario Premier Doug Ford admitted Thursday his government’s recently imposed draconian lockdown measures “went too far.”
“Last Friday, in response to extremely troubling modeling that told us we could see well over 15,000 cases a day, we moved fast to put these measures in place to reduce mobility, but we moved too fast,” Ford told reporters. “And I know that some of those measures especially around enforcement they went too far.” As the number of voices facing big-tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for Faithwire’s daily newsletter and download the CBN News app, to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.
Posted: Apr 21, 2021 12:47 PM AT | Last Updated: April 21
Five people were charged after a protest in Moncton in January against measures meant to limit the spread of COVID-19.(Guy LeBlanc/Radio-Canada)
A lawyer representing two people charged for allegedly failing to follow COVID-19 rules at a protest in Moncton entered not guilty pleas on their behalf Wednesday in Moncton provincial court.
Lawyer Joshua Halpern entered the pleas by phone for Bathurst residents Nicholas DeAngelis, 34, and 31-year-old Britney Green.
DeAngelis and Green were arrested and charged following a protest against COVID-19 restrictions held outside Moncton city hall on Jan. 24.
The Ontario-based lawyer was hired by Rebel News to oppose tickets for violating pandemic rules, according to the organization s website. He also represents Jonathan Rossiter, 29, of Nackawic, who was among five charged following the protest.
Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church in Edmonton, Alberta, speaks to the Canadian news outlet Rebel News on March 29, 2021. | YouTube/Rebel News
A Canadian court ruled earlier this week that the government of Alberta will not be required to show scientific evidence backing up its COVID-19 restrictions during the upcoming trial of Pastor James Coates, who was arrested and jailed for holding in-person worship gatherings.Â
Alberta will not be required to produce scientific evidence supporting the orders of Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health for the province, during the May 3 trial of Coates from GraceLife Church in Edmond, the Provincial Court in Stony Plain has ruled. The court added that the challenge to the constitutionality and legality of those orders will be heard at an unknown later date, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms said in a statement released Friday.
Posted: Apr 20, 2021 2:41 PM AT | Last Updated: April 20
RCMP officers issued tickets and arrested several people at the protest in Moncton in January for violating the province s emergency measures imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19. (Guy LeBlanc/Radio-Canada)
A lawyer representing one of five people charged who allegedly failed to follow COVID-19 rules at a protest in Moncton says discussions are ongoing with the Crown to try to resolve the case.
Jonathan Rossiter, 29, of Nackawic was scheduled to appear in Moncton provincial court Tuesday to enter a plea to charges he faces.
An Ontario lawyer working with Rebel News to oppose tickets for violating pandemic rules is representing Rossiter and appeared on his behalf by phone.
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