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.
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, Dec. 22
Alberta will make a one-time exemption to its gathering rules for people who live alone, allowing them to visit another household once between Dec. 23 and 28.
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Transport Canada says the majority of tickets and warning letters issued for refusing to wear a mask on a flight involves Alberta. (David J. Phillip/The Associated Press)
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Heights Baptist Church in Medicine Hat, pictured, and Northside Baptist Church in Calgary, along with three individuals, argue that a number of their constitutional rights have been violated by public health measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.(Google Street View)
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, Dec. 21
Alberta reported 1,240 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with nine additional deaths from the virus, bringing the total number of people in the province who have died of COVID-19 to 860.
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A nurse gives the first COVID-19 vaccine in Edmonton, to Sahra Kaahiye in Edmonton on Tuesday, December 15, 2020.(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
MAYFIELD â They got their lists and even checked them twice. They havenât found anyone naughty, so thatâs pretty nice. Kentucky State Police troopers and other law enforcement officers went to town to make Christmas a tad bit brighter for several boys and girls in the Post 1 region.
For the annual KSP âShop with a Copâ program, troopers with Post 1 in Graves County, personnel with Mayfield Police Department and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, their family members and volunteers got their assignments Wednesday evening and perused Mayfieldâs Walmart aisles to collect wish list items for 50 children in the postâs 11-county area of Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, McCracken, Livingston, Lyon and Trigg counties.