The revelation that a firm representing Manitoba churches hired a private investigator to tail a judge, to see if he complied with COVID-19 public health orders, sent shockwaves across the country Monday. Any effort to intimidate a judge is not acceptable in a free and democratic society such as Canada, federal Justice Minister David Lametti said.
Four days after he realized he was being followed around Winnipeg, Court of Queen s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal accepted the apologies of two lawyers for the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a right-wing Calgary group, which is fighting Manitoba s public-health restrictions in court.
Eastcoast Invader ($7.00) was tested not once, not twice, but three times in Sunday s (July 11) $1,250 winners-over pace at Inverness Raceway and, despite being attacked from every angle, he grittily held his ground for a 1:58.2 score.
The four-year-old son of Rollwithitharry secured the pocket behind 3-5 favourite Rockemsockem Scott (Gerard Kennedy) before Travis MacLean quarter-moved him to the front. After clearing, Eastcoast Invader faced a stern first-over challenge from Hughgetthecredit (Lewis MacDonell) past a :58.3 half and promptly repelled that rival up the backstretch while Daddy Let Me Drive (Rodney Gillis) prepared to launch a three-wide bid. While the pace slowed to three-quarters in 1:28.4, the pressure on Eastcoast Invader did not wane at any point. Daddy Let Me Drive took aim and Eastcoast Invader parried him, but Rockemsockem Scott loomed the biggest danger off the home turn, having found room to knife through up the pegs. Eastcoast Invader dug as deep as he coul
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Minister Tobias Tissen speaks to a group of anti-maskers at a rally in front of the legislative building on Saturday. The province has no plans to issue a court injunction to prevent similar events. (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press files)
The province will keep its public health order enforcement focused on fines, not court injunctions, even as anti-mask rallies loom and COVID-19 cases rise.
The province will keep its public health order enforcement focused on fines, not court injunctions, even as anti-mask rallies loom and COVID-19 cases rise. Enforcement matters, because right now our (infection) numbers are not good in Manitoba, Justice Minister Cameron Friesen said Thursday. On a per capita basis we have assigned more fines than any other jurisdiction in Canada.
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