Covid Church

• Crown drops 24 fines against B.C. pastors for violating COVID-19 orders

  B.C. prosecutors have dropped 24 violation tickets against three Chilliwack, B.C., pastors who continued in-person worship services in violation of COVID-19 health orders.

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  May 11, 2022
  
• COVID-19 cluster at Abbotsford church leads to 40 cases, 11 hospitalizations

  A pastor at Abbotsford's Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church said the cases were first detected on Oct. 18, and that the church immediately suspended in-person worship.

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  Nov 5, 2021
  
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• B.C. judge questions need for injunction ahead of court challenge to in-person worship ban

  "I shouldn't be doing Dr. Henry's job. If she wants police to have the ability to arrest people, the order can be amended, can't it?" asked Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson.

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  Feb 12, 2021
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• Group takes B.C. government to court over COVID-19 ban on in-person church services

  The group, which includes 16 individuals and churches, argues the ban on in-person services violates their constitutional rights and is disproportionate to the threat of COVID-19.

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  Jan 10, 2021
• Chilliwack churchgoers defy COVID-19 restrictions days after Mounties issue fines

  It comes just days after Chilliwack RCMP fined three churches more than $18,000 for violating B.C.'s COVID-19 ban on in-person religious services.

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  Dec 20, 2020
• RCMP recommend charges against Chilliwack churches that broke COVID-19 restrictions

  The province banned in-person worship on Nov. 19, citing surging COVID-19 case numbers.

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  Dec 12, 2020
• Chilliwack RCMP investigates in-person church services for violations of COVID-19 orders

  It comes after several churches in the Fraser Valley held in-person services last Sunday, defying the regulation they say violates their constitutional rights.

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  Dec 6, 2020