A raft of out-of-town vendors who had set up booths were booted from a large pop-up market in Winnipeg after it became known that they failed to isolate for 14 days upon arriving in Manitoba.
But the province is allowing the market to proceed throughout the weekend despite Manitoba being in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cynthia Carr, a Winnipeg epidemiologist, fears the virus may have already spread at the site of the Third + Bird market at Red River Exhibition Place because the vendors had already interacted with people. It s indoors, so yes, I m definitely worried, she said.
Out-of-town members invited to the market came from Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, and at least one vendor from Georgia.
Some local businesses pull out from Winnipeg market after out-of-province vendors flout self-isolation rules
Several local business owners and artisans are upset that some out-of-province vendors were going to attend a three-day market in Winnipeg without following COVID-19 self-isolation rules.
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Posted: Apr 16, 2021 8:52 PM CT | Last Updated: April 17
Lisa Pointon-Reico, co-owner of jewelry shop Dconstruct, has decided to pull out of Third and Bird s spring market. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)