Manitoba’s COVID-19 restrictions are some of the most overreaching and draconian in the entire country.
Rebel News is helping a steady stream of normal, otherwise law-abiding Manitobans who are now facing fines for doing completely ordinary things that were suddenly rendered illegal at a stroke of the pen by some politician or health bureaucrat — things like carolling and celebrating birthdays.
Jake Klassen was fined for singing Christmas carols in a park with members of his faith community after the government closed his church. Matthew Loewen was fined after someone snitched on him for having a socially distant 18th birthday get-together in his dad’s trucking shop. And today, you’ll meet Mary-Ann Roy and her husband, George, whose trip to the grocery store ended in handcuffs.
Mary-Ann and George are a soft spoken married couple who are both medically exempt from wearing masks. They went together in the evening — to avoid the crowds — to their local Superstore, to fill a prescription for the very condition that makes Mary-Ann mask exempt. In the end, the cops were called and they were both detained and threatened with criminal charges, before being released with $1,300 coronavirus tickets.
The Roys’ story and their treatment by the police are infuriating. That’s why Rebel News is helping Mary-Ann and George fight their fines. They are pleading not guilty and Rebel News is crowdfunding a criminal lawyer to help them. If you’d like to help with their legal expenses, please visit www.FightTheFines.com.
If you have received a ticket, don’t pay it. Fight it. Plead not guilty and submit it to Rebel News at FightTheFines.com for help.
A woman, mother and small business owner, who happens to be exempt from wearing a mask, seems to have become worthy of a significant proportion of the RCMP’s time and resources in the small B.C. town of 100 Mile House.
Nicole Weir, 100 Mile House resident and owner of the Village Hair Studio, is one of our newest Fight the Fines cases. She can’t seem to shake RCMP officers, who refuse to accept her repeated statements of being exempt from mask wearing.
Weir has been served with a notice to appear in court, fined hundreds of dollars, and alleges that she has been threatened by the RCMP to have the business she’s worked hard nurturing for 15 years potentially be taken away from her. All because she is one of the groups of people who qualify as being exempt from wearing a mask, according to section 4 in BC’s USE OF FACE COVERINGS IN INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES (COVID-19) ORDER .
Watch the full report to learn about how 100 Mile House RCMP officers seem to be following Weir a bit too close for comfort, causing her to start fearing the RCMP — something she never thought she would ever feel before.
Weir is just one of hundreds of Canadians that we at Rebel News are providing with free legal counsel to help fight outrageous fines issued in the name of COVID-19 restrictions.
UPDATE (January 8, 5am ET): Statement received on behalf of 100 Mile House RCMP:
Ms. Humphrey, I appreciate you have many questions however we must respect that this matter is now before the court and as such reserve our comments accordingly.
The business owner has been compelled to court through an Offence Act Appearance Notice not as result of the non-compliance of the mandatory mask order but rather as a result of other numerous complaints of non-compliance of business owners under the COVID Related Measures Act. Specifically failing to comply with patron requirements.
Since December 8, 2020 RCMP has been working with our partners at Work Safe BC, and Interior Health to provide education and information in an effort to bring the business into compliance. Despite being warned of possible enforcement, the business owner allegedly failed to put into the place the protocols required for small business owners.
Following numerous complaints and violations observed at an in person inspection conducted by the representatives from Interior Health Environmental Health Office, the business owner was served with the Appearance Notice in middle of December 2020.
We all have a role to play in this pandemic and business owners are held to a higher standard. Standards intended not only to protect themselves, but every person who walks through the business doors seeking service.
Silicon Valley Twitter Censors Shut Down President Trump’s Account: So Arrogant They Seek to Silence Even the President of the United States
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently suspended President Trump from its service “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” effectively cutting him off from his favorite megaphone for reaching his supporters.
“We have determined that these tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service,” Twitter said in a blog post.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1347684877634838528&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F01%2F08%2Ftechnology%2Ftwitter-trump-suspended.html&siteScreenName=nytimes&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px
The suspension comes a day after Mr. Trump was barred from using Facebook for the remainder of his term, and after a number of other digital platforms limited Mr. Trump from their services.
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kate Conger is a technology reporter in San Francisco, covering privacy, policy and labor. Previously, she wrote about cybersecurity for Gizmodo and TechCrunch. @kateconger
Austria’s Constitutional Court ruled in December that two government edicts related to coronavirus in schools – compulsory mask-wearing and splitting classes into two halves to be taught in alternate shifts – are illegal. Two children and their parents initiated the suite, saying the measures violated the principles of equality before the law, the right to privacy, and the right to education. -GEG
Austria’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that two government measures to fight the spread of coronavirus in schools, compulsory mask-wearing and splitting classes into two halves to be taught in alternate shifts, were illegal.
The split classes system meant that some pupils had lessons on Mondays and Tuesdays and others on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
At all other times they were to stay at home.
“In addition, it was decided that all persons present in school buildings, apart from during teaching time, had to wear a mask over their mouth and nose,” a statement from the court said.
“In it’s decision published today, the Constitutional Court ruled that the measures in question were illegal,” the statement went on.
It explained its decision by saying that the “ministry has not made clear why it considered these measures necessary”.
SNOW FUN ALLOWED: Toronto sends police to shut down toboggan hill at Earl Bales Park
[A joyless, Puritanical regime has clamped its Medico-Stalinist grip on te Province of Ontario. The latest targets of this insane tyranny are kids on toboggans! — Paul Fromm]
With great powder comes great responsibility — Toronto police shut down toboggan hill
“STOP! In the name of the… Toronto toboggan police!”
Damn that Wuhan virus! Apparently, it despises those going downhill on sleds, saucers and good ol’ toboggans — but jamming into a big box store is okay, of course.
And because John Tory is mayor, the city is now dispatching the Toronto Police Service to stakeout… snowy hills?
That was the scene the other day at Earl Bales Park. We happened upon a police cruiser with two constables keenly observing any ne’er-do-well who might want to sled down the hill. It’s for our safety, you understand. After all, everyone knows that whipping down a deserted snow-covered hill at 30 km/h is the ideal place to get infected by the coronavirus, don’t ya know? It’s science.
Alas, confusion reigns. According to a Toronto Sun story, tobogganists at Earl Bales Park last weekend were told by city workers and bylaw enforcement officers that sledding was permitted — on the bottom third of the hill. Apparently going down the hill from the top would be… too much fun?
But police later showed up and started barking at attendees not to cross some imaginary line — or else!
Well, apparently the confusion is all cleared up now. There is yellow police caution tape at the top of the hill and a new sign warns people that tobogganing is strictly verboten.
And if you ignore the signs, you certainly better not ignore the constables in the police cruiser. And so it is that as we begin the new year, the Toronto toboggan police can be found patrolling Hogtown’s sloping real estate… to serve and protect… whether you want them to or not!
Rather than end the authoritarian, anti-democratic lockdowns, Trudeau and the corrupt political class continue to double-down on ruthless government power.
Justin Trudeau is escalating the authoritarian language surrounding the endless lockdowns being imposed on Canadians.
In the video below, Trudeau says “not following the rules” could mean “prison time.”
As I pointed out on Twitter, Trudeau only makes this threat after politicians are returning home, and are thus protected from it being imposed on them:
“Now that all the politicians are coming back from their vacations, Trudeau threatens prison time for those who break the rules. Of course, that threat only comes after politicians are safely protected from it.”
Now, the answer to hypocritical politicians travelling isn’t to place more restrictions on Canadians.
The answer is to end the lockdowns, end the restrictions on Canadians, make all of these recommendations voluntary.
Consider that the politicians are still claiming that the Charter protects the right to travel, which is correct.
However, if we have the right to travel outside the country and come back, then we must also have the right to travel freely within the country.
And that means we have the right to keep our businesses open, visit our families, and gather with whomever we want.
It is impossible to justify restrictions within our country while keeping the borders and airports open.
To end this hypocrisy, we must end the restrictions, and respect the freedom of Canadians to make our own individual choices.
Crown drops bail condition that forced man arrested at Toronto BBQ protest to submit COVID-19 test
[In political cases, the Crown often seeks to impose restrictions or conditions that have nothing to do with ensuring that the accused will show up for trial. This case is one small victory in the war against political persecution. Paul Fromm]
Betsy Powell January 04, 2021
A Markham man who planned to argue in court Tuesday that he was unlawfully ordered to take a COVID-19 test and turn the results over to police has abandoned that fight after the Crown dropped the condition of his release on bail, his lawyer said Monday.
However, the issue of whether that “outrageous” bail condition was constitutional remains unresolved and still needs to be argued in Ontario Superior Court, says defence lawyer Ian McCuaig.
Michael Arana, 27, was arrested during a boisterous, high-profile pandemic lockdown protest outside Adamson Barbeque on Nov. 26 and charged with six counts of assaulting a peace officer, two counts of uttering threats and one count of obstructing a peace officer. It’s alleged he spit at officers.
“For Mr. Arana, we won, but there’s a bigger issue here… the issue becomes whether this an appropriate bail condition at all,” McCuaig said Monday.
Arana represented himself at a bail hearing where the justice of the peace, at the request of the Crown, agreed to release him from custody if he immediately scheduled a COVID-19 test and promised to provide police with the test results.
When he learned what happened, McCuaig stepped in to launch a legal challenge to the “invasive medical testing” and requirement to report “potentially personal health information to the police as a condition of his bail,” which violates his charter rights, reads the bail review application record filed in court on Arana’s behalf.
“The Crown’s decision to require the unrepresented Applicant (who has a known history of mental illness) to either accept this unlawful condition or spend the weekend in COVID-19 isolation in jail awaiting a contested hearing is oppressive, remarkable, and reprehensible. It is a marked and unacceptable departure for the reas
Rather than end the authoritarian, anti-democratic lockdowns, Trudeau and the corrupt political class continue to double-down on ruthless government power.
Justin Trudeau is escalating the authoritarian language surrounding the endless lockdowns being imposed on Canadians.
In the video below, Trudeau says “not following the rules” could mean “prison time.” https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SpencerFernando&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1346509428644851712&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspencerfernando.com%2F2021%2F01%2F05%2Fwatch-trudeau-says-not-following-the-rules-could-mean-prison-time%2F&siteScreenName=SpencerFernando&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px
As I pointed out on Twitter, Trudeau only makes this threat after politicians are returning home, and are thus protected from it being imposed on them:
“Now that all the politicians are coming back from their vacations, Trudeau threatens prison time for those who break the rules. Of course, that threat only comes after politicians are safely protected from it.” https://platform.twitter.com/embed
Now, the answer to hypocritical politicians travelling isn’t to place more restrictions on Canadians.
The answer is to end the lockdowns, end the restrictions on Canadians, make all of these recommendations voluntary.
Consider that the politicians are still claiming that the Charter protects the right to travel, which is correct.
However, if we have the right to travel outside the country and come back, then we must also have the right to travel freely within the country.
And that means we have the right to keep our businesses open, visit our families, and gather with whomever we want.
It is impossible to justify restrictions within our country while keeping the borders and airports open.
To end this hypocrisy, we must end the restrictions, and respect the freedom of Canadians to make our own individual choices.
Spencer Fernando
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Rather than end the authoritarian, anti-democratic lockdowns, Trudeau and the corrupt political class continue to double-down on ruthless government power.
Justin Trudeau is escalating the authoritarian language surrounding the endless lockdowns being imposed on Canadians.
In the video below, Trudeau says “not following the rules” could mean “prison time.” https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SpencerFernando&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1346509428644851712&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspencerfernando.com%2F2021%2F01%2F05%2Fwatch-trudeau-says-not-following-the-rules-could-mean-prison-time%2F&siteScreenName=SpencerFernando&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px
As I pointed out on Twitter, Trudeau only makes this threat after politicians are returning home, and are thus protected from it being imposed on them:https://534d9044fffbac09844d96093f7b6ece.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html
“Now that all the politicians are coming back from their vacations, Trudeau threatens prison time for those who break the rules. Of course, that threat only comes after politicians are safely protected from it.” https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=SpencerFernando&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1346617805689425920&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspencerfernando.com%2F2021%2F01%2F05%2Fwatch-trudeau-says-not-following-the-rules-could-mean-prison-time%2F&siteScreenName=SpencerFernando&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px
Now, the answer to hypocritical politicians travelling isn’t to place more restrictions on Canadians.
The answer is to end the lockdowns, end the restrictions on Canadians, make all of these recommendations voluntary.
Consider that the politicians are still claiming that the Charter protects the right to travel, which is correct.
However, if we have the right to travel outside the country and come back, then we must also have the right to travel freely within the country.
And that means we have the right to keep our businesses open, visit our families, and gather with whomever we want.
It is impossible to justify restrictions within our country while keeping the borders and airports open.
To end this hypocrisy, we must end the restrictions, and respect the freedom of Canadians to make our own individual choices.
