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GraceLife Church pastor remains in custody after holding another service violating COVID-19 public health orders GraceLife Church in Parkland County defied Alberta government public gathering restrictions on the weekend and held a church service. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia
The pastor of a Parkland County church previously charged with violating Public Health Act orders remains in custody after turning himself in to police Tuesday, RCMP say.
On Sunday, RCMP and Alberta Health Services attended the GraceLife Church to “assess compliance in relation to conditions issued to the pastor on Feb. 7,” police said in a news release.
Pastor James Coates had previously been charged under the Public Health Act for being over capacity and failing to adhere to physical distancing requirements during church service. He was served an undertaking with conditions.
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Where is the plan? The silence on how vaccines will be rolled out in the community is getting ridiculous.
Well, no. It’s past that point. In a year with so much pain and uncertainty, leaving desperate people to keep scrolling, keep searching, keep emailing and calling government officials to double check if they missed a notice on the vaccine rollout, that just feels callous.
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For weeks now, Alberta Health has been saying they will give more detail on the vaccine rollout when additional doses are available. But that doesn’t make sense. Even without dates, there are answers that could and should be clear.