Since that blissful moment in mid-July, COVID-19 finally decided to make a Winnipeg pit-stop. During the first four months of the pandemic, 236 Winnipeggers caught the disease. This is the main reason Roussin finally announced on Friday Winnipeg will soon be subject to more restrictive means of combating COVID-19. At the same time, Roussin was dropping hints about bringing back more pandemic restrictions for several weeks before Friday's announcement Winnipeg and its bedroom municipalities are going orange. The only sure-fire way to avoid event-planning disappointment during a global pandemic is to plan no events at all.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2020 10:52 UTC