Seems the courts have not seen enough evidence that the advantages of eating bread and wine and listening to a man speak in person are more numerous than the advantages of saving lives and watching a man speak on the internet or TV. Some people are dumb.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/springs-church-covid-19-manitoba-1.5830024"
Winnipeg's Springs Church drive-in service not exempt from public health orders, court rules
Unable to prove attending church virtually causes irreparable harm to congregants
A Manitoba court has ruled that a Winnipeg church will not be exempt from public health orders and is not permitted to hold drive-in worship services.
Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal denied Springs Church's application to hold services in the parking lot of its Lagimodiere Boulevard location and its request for an interim stay of the province's current public health order that prohibits in-person religious gatherings.
"These orders necessarily restrict rights ... in order to prevent death, illness and the overwhelming of the public health system in Manitoba," Joyal said in a rare Saturday court hearing.
Springs Church and two of its pastors have been fined more than $32,000 for allowing the services, which are banned under Manitoba's current public health order aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19."