The mayor of Prince Albert and the chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in northern Saskatchewan say the organizers of Prince Albert church meetings that have been tied to a regional outbreak of COVID-19 should be fined by the provincial government. Prince Albert is located in the north central region. Shahab also confirmed that "a few" people form Alberta and Winnipeg attended church meetings and that investigations into those cases continue. Church attendee from Southend tests positive: chiefBeatty said a woman from Southend tested positive for the virus after attending one of the Prince Albert church meetings as well as a funeral in Pelican Narrows. He said that person has infected four other people: an elderly person in Southend and three people in Deschambault Lake.

Source: CBC News October 08, 2020 18:20 UTC