Alberta Crown Issues Acquittals in All Public Health Order Cases, May Refund COVID Ticket Fines

Alberta Crown Issues Acquittals in All Public Health Order Cases, May Refund COVID Ticket Fines
People gather outside GraceLife Church near Edmonton, Alta., on April 11, 2021, after the church was fenced off by police and Alberta Health Services for violating COVID-19 rules. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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Almost 200 Albertans who paid COVID ticket fines for violating public health orders during COVID might see their fines refunded following a court decision in July ruling that orders made by the chief medical officer of health were invalid and breached the Public Health Act.

The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) has said it would also be entering acquittals or stay of proceedings in 14 other outstanding COVID-related cases before the courts.