Danielle Smith promises to strengthen Alberta’s laws to protect speech, vaccine free, gun owners
'I believe in freedom,' the provincial leader said.
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Articles tagged Public Health Act
All charges dropped against Canadian pizzeria owner who defied COVID vaccine passport mandates
Jesse Johnson, who owned Without Papers Pizza, claimed a 'bittersweet' victory in a prolonged legal battle against the City of Calgary.
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Top constitutional group urges Alberta to amend health law to hold bureaucrats to account
'In light of the failure of courts in Alberta to uphold and protect our Charter rights and freedoms during a public health emergency, these changes to the Public Health Act and Alberta Human Rights Act are sadly necessary,' stated lawyer John Carpay.
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Canadian pastor acquitted of $80k in COVID-related fines: ‘Complete victory’
On Monday, the Court of Appeal of Alberta acquitted pastor Tracy Fortin and her Church in the Vine in Edmonton of COVID-related convictions from April of 2022.
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Canadian judge acquits café owner who kept his restaurant open during COVID mandate
Whistle Stop Cafe owner Christopher Scott was cleared of all nine charges against him.
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Albertans charged for COVID violations will likely have charges dropped, Crown says
On Wednesday, the Alberta Crown Prosecutions Service in a statement said that 'there is no longer a reasonable likelihood of conviction in relation to Public Health Act charges involving the contravention of the disputed orders from the Chief Medical Officer of Health.'
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Alberta politicians violated provincial health act with COVID restrictions, judge rules
In a case involving three individual citizens and two Baptist church communities that assembled during the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Barbara Romaine declared that their rights were infringed upon by the government.
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Manitoba judge rules that COVID lockdown measures against churches were justified
'The pandemic’s presence in Manitoba demanded decisive action in order to reduce the spread of the virus and in order to flatten the curve,' the Court of Appeal of Manitoba ruled Monday.
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Alberta govt about to pass ‘draconian…dangerous’ power grab bill, pro-freedom lawyers’ group warns
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms warns that the Minister of Health and the provincial government are about to be granted alarming new powers.
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