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Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later Greg Glatz, a former minister at Westminster United Church and Central Baptist Church, calls the actions of GraceLife Church near Edmonton "dangerous and ridiculous.” THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/Jeff McIntosh A former Winnipeg minister is receiving widespread attention for criticizing an Alberta church that has repeatedly broken provincial public health orders. A former Winnipeg minister is receiving widespread attention for criticizing an Alberta church that has repeatedly broken provincial public health orders. Greg Glatz, formerly a minister at We...

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(RNS) — For months, GraceLife church, near Edmonton, Alberta, has ignored Alberta Health Services’ guidelines limiting religious gatherings. In February, the authorities pushed back, jailing the nondenominational church’s pastor, the Rev. James Coates, for 35 days. On April 7, after the church continued to breach rules about mask wearing and limiting attendance to 15% capacity, health inspectors and police ordered the church closed, fenced off its grounds and posted a guard. Earlier this week, a day after 400 people protested the closure outside the fenced-off church, the Edmonton Journ...

  EDMONTON -- A handful of protesters spent Wednesday night at GraceLife Church west of Edmonton, still locked out of the building by health and police authorities. While Mounties and security kept the property in Parkland County closed to the public, church members as well as others who support the congregation's defiance of Alberta's COVID-19 rules came and went. Among those who made an appearance were pastor James Coates – who had been released from jail just three weeks earlier – and eastern Ontario MP Derek Sloan, who posted a video to social media from the site asking for suppo...

Article content Calgarians honouring religious holidays this week have found innovative ways to connect safely for a second Easter and Passover during the pandemic. The physical gatherings that are an important part of the holidays is missing for many again this year, as the province’s public health measures limit places of worship to 15 per cent capacity and some continue to heed Alberta Health’s recommendation to remain online. But that hasn’t stopped the city’s churches and synagogues from coming up with ways to celebrate as a community. We apologize, but this video has failed to l...