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.Īn Alberta court spokesperson confirmed Thursday that charges have also been stayed against Ty Northcott, whose family hosted a "No More Lockdowns Rodeo Rally" near Bowden, Alta., in May 2021. 'You're free to go': Alberta judge acquits restaurant owner on trial for breaking law during pandemic "Where necessary, the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service will apply to the Alberta Court of King's Bench for an order quashing the convictions on charges of contravening the COVID-related public health orders." Alberta and concluded there was no longer a reasonable likelihood of conviction in relation to Public Health Act charges involving the contravention of the disputed orders from the chief medical officer of health," the statement said. "The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service reviewed the decision in Ingram v. The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service said in a written statement that the Ingram decision made other cases, such as those involving Coates and anti-lockdown rodeo organizer Ty Northcott, unlikely to succeed. The judge in the Ingram case found the orders would have been constitutional had they been properly enacted by Hinshaw. The case involved Calgary gym owner Rebecca Ingram and several others, who challenged public health orders on constitutional grounds and on claims that the orders were beyond the authority of the province's Public Health Act.Ĭonvictions quashed for Ty Northcott and his rodeo after pandemic orders deemed invalid Deena Hinshaw, the provincial chief medical officer of health at the time, had not made the decision to impose the public health orders, instead leaving it up to cabinet of the Alberta government. In the Ingram decision, the court found Dr. Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in southeast Calgary had been cited for violating public health orders by holding church services without following the gathering limits imposed by the provincial government.
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