Winnipeg Free Press
WITH increased restrictions, come more tickets.
In the past week, Manitoba public health enforcers doled out more than 100 tickets — the most of any week since the COVID-19 pandemic began — though some widely publicized gatherings reportedly escaped the arm of the law.
A total of 102 tickets and 130 warnings were issued May 17-23, largely in relation to gatherings at private residences, the province said in a news release Wednesday. The last time officials handed out triple-digit tickets was the week of Nov. 23, 2020.
Provincial officials also dispensed an additional 22 tickets — each carrying a $1,296 price tag — to attendees of past anti-pandemic restrictions rallies in Winnipeg.