The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed the provincial government’s application for an injunction against three Fraser Valley churches that broke COVID-19 rules prohibiting in-person services. The Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, the Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford, and the Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack were among a dozen individuals and churches that filed a petition last month, arguing the COVID-19 restrictions have violated parishioners’ rights and freedoms. The petition is set to be heard in March, but B.C. Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Attorney General David Eby made the injunction request against the churches last week following the churches’ petition. Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson of the B.C. Supreme Court, who turned down the request, said the provincial government had put the court in an “impossible position” by asking for an injunction before the churches’ petition is heard. He said health orders already prohibit in-person religious services and …