Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, Dec. 23
Alberta Health Services has begun the rollout of an additional 25,350 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all health-care zones, while the Alberta government loosens the rules just a bit to allow people who live alone to visit another home one time over the holidays.
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Posted: Dec 23, 2020 10:22 AM MT | Last Updated: December 25, 2020
Two men carrying a take-out pizza and wearing masks walk past Christmas themed public art display in Calgary on Dec. 16, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.(Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)
“I hear and appreciate how difficult it is for the applicants and other members of the public, especially at this time of year, but I cannot find the public interest is served in granting this stay.”
Earlier this month, Alberta introduced a series of targeted restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19, including limiting social gatherings to only your household, and putting 15 per cent capacity limits on faith services. In subsequent weeks, Premier Jason Kenney has suggested the restrictions are working and the province is seeing a “plateau,” though it continues to have the highest number of active cases per capita in Canada.
CALGARY An Alberta judge dismissed a legal challenge filed by two southern Alberta churches and three individuals arguing that COVID-19 restrictions violate the Charter of Rights and should not have been imposed. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Anne Kirker ruled on the matter shortly after 3 p.m. Monday afternoon, rejecting it. I am of the view that there is a greater public interest in maintaining the integrity of order 42 than there is in staying the part of it the applicants asked me to suspend so that they and other citizens of this province are able to gather and celebrate the holidays and to otherwise exercise their religious freedoms, Kirker said.
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Edmonton pastor ticketed for COVID-19 violations, northern pastor calls rules tyranny
Health officials have ordered an Edmonton-area church to immediately comply with COVID-19 restrictions, while the pastor at its sister church in northern Alberta has counselled his congregation against following physical distancing and masking rules.
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