On Covid deniers in Canada:

EDMONTON pastor James Coates, above, of Grace Life Church west of Edmonton, doesn’t believe governments have any right to impose restrictions on worship during a pandemic and his continued defiance of lockdown measures landed him behind bars last month.

Yesterday, an outfit called The Justice Centre that supports “persecuted Christians” said it was “very disappointed” to announce that Justice Peter Michalyshyn of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton had ruled that Coates must remain in jail for the next eight weeks pending his trial, unless he agrees to abide by health mandates.

(more at the Free Thinker blog at Patheos)

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