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Calgary Pastor Tim Stephens was arrested Sunday, after months of encouraging church congregants to break public health rules. 

05-17-2021 Pastor Tim Stephens. (Screenshot credit: Fairview Baptist Church/YouTube) Police in Calgary, Canada arrested the pastor of the Fairview Baptist Church in southeast Calgary on Sunday for organizing a worship service that did not comply with public health orders, including masking, physical distancing, and attendance limits.  CBC News reports Pastor Tim Stephens is just one of a number of people arrested and/or charged over the past few weeks in the province of Alberta after the Canadian government opted to increase enforcement early this month against COVID-19 rule-breakers, targe...

Canada’s Minting The Martyrs; Now All We Need is Another Foxe Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary[, Canada,] has been under police and Alberta Health Services surveillance for months, because he refuses to limit his congregation and force them into masks. … [Yester]day, after services at Fairview Baptist, Calgary police came to Tim’s church and arrested him in front of his wife and crying children. … As of now, it’s not known why or where Stephens has been taken. Thanks to Rocco Piserchia for sending this news of our persecuted brother and sisters. Please pray ...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and health officials to provide COVID-19 update Poll yes By The Canadian Press on May 17, 2021. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney updates media on measures taken to help with COVID-19 in Edmonton on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and health officials are to provide a COVID-19 update this afternoon. Kenney, along with chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Alberta Health Services CEO Dr. Verna Yiu, are expected to speak to the media at 1 p.m. Last week, the province moved to close loophole...

Article content “We expect Calgary police to resume giving fines, which we also expect will be thrown out in court as they have been up until now.” Crown prosecutors say many of the fines handed out to alleged restriction scofflaws in Alberta have been tossed out due to doubts they would lead to convictions. The demonstration organizer said their rallies will be conducted slightly differently to hobble enforcement efforts. “We have decided to temporarily change the format of the protest, taking out the speaking portions and having a more loosely organized event to prevent perceived ‘l...