COVID-19 pandemic.The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has decided that jury selection and trials will restart next month. In Edmonton, they’ll take place at a centre for writing diploma exams.
Alberta jury trials suspended amid coronavirus concerns Lawyers will replace cowboys at Calgary’s Stampede grounds, where the Big Four events building and rodeo grandstand will be used.The Alberta court says an assessment of its facilities showed that courtrooms and jury retiring rooms, with very few exceptions, are too small to allow for physical distancing.“What’s happening in Alberta is not unusual.
I imagine it’s going to be happening throughout the country,” said Toronto lawyer Bill Trudell, president of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence.