For others, however, the questions are: Why did it take so long? Why isn’t the government getting even tougher? People fed up with restrictions and wanting a break will likely be especially frustrated with the government’s decision to extend the pre-Christmas restrictions limiting household gatherings to immediate family and outdoor gatherings to 10 people to Feb. 19. Certainly, the daily case count has slipped a bit (to an average of 254 cases a day, based on the last seven days). “These measures are working when we follow them,” Premier Scott Moe said last week, suggesting that all we have to do is follow the existing rules to make sure things are working.
WINNIPEG A group of Manitoba photographers is calling on the province to let them get back to work capturing the moments people may be missing in the pandemic. The group sent an open letter to Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, asking for public health officials to amend the health orders when they expire to allow photographers and videographers to work. More than 2,000 people have joined the call and signed a petition. Sunny Szpak-Holly, the owner of Sunny S-H Photography and one of the organizers of the petition, said she believes photographers can operate safely.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the chair of Winnipeg s health authority is stepping down following news last week that he d travelled to Arizona in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.