Posted: May 26, 2021 2:09 PM MT | Last Updated: May 26
Artur and Dawid Pawlowski, pictured during their arrest in Calgary on May 8, have been flouting public health restrictions for months, holding large church gatherings indoors, without masks, despite the pandemic.(Artur Pawlowski TV/YouTube)
A judge says he won t make a decision about Calgary COVID restriction rule-breakers which include a local pastor, a cafe owner and a mayoral candidate until after he has heard all five contempt cases, the first of which got underway Wednesday.
Court of Queen s Bench Justice Adam Germain presided over the first of the hearings involving men accused of organizing gatherings in blatant breach of restrictions.
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Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta s chief medical officer of health, had strong words on Wednesday for business owners around the province who have broken public health restrictions. Businesses that reopen despite restrictions are increasing close contacts in their community and making it harder for others, Hinshaw wrote on Twitter.
She said those who follow restrictions are helping to ensure those restrictions can be loosened more quickly.
Alberta identified another
875 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the province to 12,838 active cases with a testing positivity rate of 5.3 per cent. Hinshaw had said on Tuesday