Police have charged a Windsor pastor with breaking COVID-19 rules following a church service last Sunday. "To our knowledge this is the first time that any Ontario pastor has been charged for fulfilling his God-assigned duties at a church," the news release reads. Anyone not following provincial guidelines can be subjected to a fine ranging from $750 to $100,000, the health unit said. Church has in-person Christmas event scheduledOn the church's website, there are scheduled in-person Christmas Eve events at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and it asked people to sign up if they are attending. It said the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit "refuses to respond to any of our written communication, while requesting that police close our premises."

Source: CBC News December 24, 2020 22:40 UTC