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Manitoba Justice Minister Cameron Friesen.
The province is walking a fine line between empathy and enforcement, and compassion and consistency, in upholding pandemic public health orders, Justice Minister Cameron Friesen says.
The province is walking a fine line between empathy and enforcement, and compassion and consistency, in upholding pandemic public health orders, Justice Minister Cameron Friesen says.
With COVID-19 patients filling Manitoba hospitals and overwhelming its ICUs, the province has to make sure such orders are followed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, the MLA for Morden-Winkler said Wednesday by phone from his office at the legislature.
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There were also 150 warnings issued.
Meanwhile, there were no fines for a second straight week for Springs Church, which held an indoor graduation service for its college program two weeks ago. Despite being an indoor event, photos showed attendants not wearing masks.
Springs Church has received thousands of dollars worth of fines during the pandemic for violating public health orders.
Leon Fontaine, president of the college and pastor of the megachurch, acknowledged the graduation ceremony during a Saturday night service two weeks ago, saying the doors of the event were closed to the public, claiming it was a TV shoot that could be aired during their drive-in parking lot services.
Manitoba is responding to the growing need for mental health services during the pandemic by improving two walk-in clinics in Winnipeg, the provincial government announced on Monday.