2 Calgary Pastors, Rodeo Company Owner to Be Acquitted After Court Strikes Down COVID Orders

2 Calgary Pastors, Rodeo Company Owner to Be Acquitted After Court Strikes Down COVID Orders
The Fairview Baptist Church is seen in Calgary, Alta., May 17, 2021. Fairview Baptist Church Pastor Tim Stephens was arrested Sunday for organizing a church service that police say did not comply with public health orders on masking, physical distancing and attendance limits. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
Marnie Cathcart
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EDMONTON—Crown prosecutors will be asking the court to acquit two Calgary Baptist churches and Ty Northcott of Alberta’s Northcott Rodeo of all charges laid under the Public Health Act during COVID, The Epoch Times has learned.

The cases of Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church and Pastor Craig Buroker of Southside Victory Church have been dragging through the courts in Alberta for more than two years. Lawyer Leighton Grey and other lawyers from his firm, Grey Wowk Spencer LLP, represent each of the parties in cases related to lockdown gathering restriction violations.