Sask. Man Found Guilty of Violating Court Order in Effort to Prevent Daughter From Getting COVID Vaccine

Published on April 20, 2024

A Saskatchewan man who kept his daughter away from her mother to prevent the child from getting the COVID-19 vaccine has been found guilty of violating a custody order arrangement with his ex-wife. Michael Gordon Jackson did not return his daughter to the mother, who had primary custody, after a weekend visit in November 2021. The girl was 7 years old at the time, according to CBC News. Police found the two in Vernon, B.C., in February 2022. At Regina’s Court of King’s Bench, Mr. Jackson said he had taken the girl to prevent the mother from giving her the COVID-19 vaccine. He told the court he believed the vaccine would harm his daughter....