Fifteen churches in Canada have been subjected to suspicious fires this year, with four being burned in Alberta alone during the run-up to Christmas, Post Millennial (PM) reports. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been investigating the incidents.
...continue reading this storyThe Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear appeals from churches in Ontario and British Columbia that challenged pandemic restrictions on in-person worship. The churches had been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for violating gathering limits.
...continue reading this storyA pastor in Canada who was jailed for breaching COVID-19 restrictions on in-person worship services was acquitted this week of charges that he violated public health orders, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
...continue reading this storyCanadian pastor Artur Pawlowski has won his appeal against a conviction for holding church services in defiance of Alberta public health COVID-19 restrictions, the Washington Examiner reports.
...continue reading this storyCanadian pastor Artur Pawlowski has been released after spending 51 days in jail on charges of inciting “mischief” while preparing to hold a service in Alberta for Freedom Convoy activists protesting US-Canada border Covid-19 restrictions on February 8, CBN reports. The pastor is reported to have been in solitary confinement during his incarceration.
...continue reading this storyA Canadian Protestant pastor who became a symbol of the fight for religious freedom during the coronavirus pandemic remains in prison more than a month after being detained.
...continue reading this storyA prominent Poland-born pastor has been denied bail as Canadian authorities appear increasingly worried about his opposition to coronavirus restrictions.
...continue reading this storyA pastor in Manitoba, Canada spent an additional night in prison last week after rejecting bail conditions that would have prevented him from preaching at his church, Fox News reports. Pastor Tobias Tissen who leads Manitoba’s Church of God Restoration was imprisoned for two days after violating a COVID-19 order which banned outdoor gatherings of more than five people.
...continue reading this storyA Polish-Canadian pastor facing jail for holding “illegal” church services in Canada refuses to obey a court order to parrot official COVID-19 opinions in sermons.
...continue reading this storyA Canadian court has sentenced an outspoken pastor, his brother, and an anti-mask cafe owner in the western Canadian province of Alberta for rallying against COVID-19 restrictions.
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