Articles tagged Reopening Ontario Act

Pro-freedom Canadian nurse gets two years probation for protesting COVID restrictions

Ontario nurse Kristen Nagle, a well-known figure in Canada's pro-freedom movement during COVID, said her sentence of two-years probation is effectively a way for the government to silence her for the foreseeable future.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Apr 16, 2024Apr 17, 2024

COVID charges against Ontario Christian pastors ‘resolved’; church ordered to pay thousands in fines

Trinity Bible Chapel is facing about $38,800 in fines for violating gathering restriction limitations imposed by the Reopening Ontario Act in place from late 2020 to 2022.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Jan 11, 2024Jan 12, 2024

COVID charges dropped against Ontario pastor for holding church services over capacity limits

The Crown ruled to stay charges against pastor Michael Thiessen of Grace Baptist Church for allegedly breaking COVID regulations by holding services above capacity limits.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Aug 18, 2023Aug 21, 2023

Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear Ontario churches’ constitutional challenge to COVID restrictions

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed cases from three British Columbia churches on the same day it dismissed the appeal of the two Ontario churches.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Aug 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

COVID charges against Ontario pastor dropped due to lack of evidence

'There is at least some tacit acknowledgement among Crowns that the public interest in continuing to prosecute [COVID] breaches is minimal to non-existent,' noted the pastor's lawyer.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Feb 23, 2023

COVID charges dropped against anti-lockdown Canadian pastor

'There comes a time when we as Christians have to stand for what is right regardless if it is popular.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023

Court pauses COVID charge against anti-lockdown Canadian politician Randy Hillier

Randy Hillier was a vocal opponent of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders during his tenure as MPP.

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Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

• Jan 24, 2023Jan 25, 2023

Nurse fined $10,000 for attending Easter church service during Canada’s COVID lockdowns

'I will be appealing the conviction and charge. I will not allow their bullying tactics to break me or damper my spirit.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Oct 6, 2022Oct 18, 2022

‘The government will not win’: Pro-freedom advocate explains how to fight Ontario’s COVID restrictions

‘They cannot refute it,’ Chris Weisdorf told LifeSiteNews. ‘The evidence is going against the government more and more every day.’

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Kennedy Hall

• Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021

Ontario mom faces COVID-19 lockdown charges for leaving kids with grandparents to pick up groceries

The 34-year-old thought it would be better not to take her children to the store, but her actions violated an in-person gatherings ban and police nabbed her.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Jan 15, 2021Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Reopening Ontario Act

Pro-freedom Canadian nurse gets two years probation for protesting COVID restrictions

COVID charges against Ontario Christian pastors ‘resolved’; church ordered to pay thousands in fines

COVID charges dropped against Ontario pastor for holding church services over capacity limits

Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear Ontario churches’ constitutional challenge to COVID restrictions

COVID charges against Ontario pastor dropped due to lack of evidence

COVID charges dropped against anti-lockdown Canadian pastor

Court pauses COVID charge against anti-lockdown Canadian politician Randy Hillier

Nurse fined $10,000 for attending Easter church service during Canada’s COVID lockdowns

‘The government will not win’: Pro-freedom advocate explains how to fight Ontario’s COVID restrictions

Ontario mom faces COVID-19 lockdown charges for leaving kids with grandparents to pick up groceries