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Steven VanLeeuwen, who was relieved of his position as deputy mayor of an Ontario township after speaking out ...

The vaccine resistance problem in Canada, and how to confront it Stephen Maher: Increasingly vocal vaccine resistant groups will make it harder to stamp out the virus. Is enough being done to try and reach them? May 21, 2021 People gather at an anti-mask demonstration during the COVID-19 pandemic in Aylmer, Ont., on Nov. 7, 2020(Nathan Denette/CP) Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, and Randy Hillier, the independent MLA for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, were both ticketed at an ugly anti-lockdown rally in Peterborough, Ont., on April 24. Bernier slipped away befo...

End all COVID restrictions now, says Maxime Bernier COVID lockdowns don't work, People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier told crowds in Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops on Friday. "Lockdowns are an experiment that failed," said the Beaucu, Quebec-based politician, who is also a leader with the non-partisan End the Lockdowns Caucus of Liberty Coalition Canada. "We need to reopen the economy and gain back our freedom. We can end lockdowns and stay-at-home orders safely and let people go back to work, students go back to school and churches and businesses to reopen." Bernier met with a crowd o...

Police in Medicine Hat are expected to make a statement Tuesday regarding a local church potentially breaking capacity limits during Easter services, while Alberta Health Services says it is “working closely ” with local authorities about a potential breech of restrictions meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. Senior officials with Heights Baptist Church announced last week they intended to hold a full-capacity service despite Alberta Health orders to limit gatherings in all buildings to 15 per cent of fire code rating. The facility, located at 1250 Division Ave. S., appeared to host a...

  KITCHENER -- A Centre Wellington councillor has been stripped of his deputy mayor title for his anti-lockdown views. Tempers flared in a Monday night council meeting as politicians debated the price their colleague councillor Steven VanLeeuwen would pay for his anti-lockdown views. Ultimately, council decided to strip VanLeeuwen of his deputy mayor title. All council members agreed that VanLeeuwen’s views are not consistent with the message they are trying to send the public and they agreed he should be removed as the deputy mayor. However, a debate over whether to do it immediately...