Trial begins in southern Alberta churches' challenge of COVID-19 restrictions

The province's COVID-19 public health measures and other restrictions are at the centre of a civil trial set to begin Thursday morning. The case stems from a constitutional challenged launched in December 2020 by Rath and Company and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, representing two Alberta churches and three individuals. They are seeking declarations that Alberta's public health orders are contrary to the Alberta Bill of Rights, unjustifiably limit Charter protected rights and ar