Manitoba's justice minister is calling the actions of those at a rally against pandemic restrictions on Saturday "incredibly unfortunate, dangerous and wrong." In a news release on Sunday, Cliff Cullen scolded the more than 100 people who gathered in the southeast Manitoba city of Steinbach in protest of increased COVID-19 restrictions. "Manitobans have been warned and, if they choose to participate in events that openly disregard public health orders, they can expect that enforcement action will be taken." "[W]e need every Manitoban to follow the direction of public health officials so we can get our COVID numbers under control," Cullen said. "The willingness of some to disregard openly our public health officials is unacceptable.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2020 19:41 UTC