Charges laid against pastor Artur Pawlowski for failing to comply with an order under the Public Health Act were stayed by the Crown on Dec. 16.
Pawlowski, of Calgary’s Street Church, was charged for attending an outdoor Walk for Freedom protest in Calgary on Dec. 13, and for feeding the homeless with his church on the same day, allegedly in breach of then-Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s orders that “private social gatherings” were prohibited.
The December 2021 CMOH Order 41-2020 was one of dozens that came into place during COVID-19. The orders prohibited a number of everyday activities, such as having company or visitors to a private residence, banned all indoor and outdoor social gatherings, restricted weddings and funerals to 10 guests, and made masks mandatory across the province….