GraceLife Church pastor James Coates who held church services without adhering to gathering limits during pandemic lockdowns has had his charges dropped, charges have also been stayed against Ty Northcott, whose family hosted a “No More Lockdowns Rodeo Rally”
Pandemic-era public health charges have been dropped against an Edmonton-area pastor and church, as well as a central Alberta man who hosted a rodeo in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.
But Crown prosecutors say they had to quash the case against Coates and GraceLife after another court decision last month found the Alberta government under then-United Conservative premier Jason Kenney had improperly imposed the orders under the Public Health Act. The province’s Public Health Act doesn’t allow those decisions to be made by politicians, and the Alberta Court of King’s Bench ruled them invalid.
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