Save to Read Later Winkler's vocal COVID deniers and low vaccination rate appear to be chasing away commerce from the southeastern Manitoba community. Winkler's vocal COVID deniers and low vaccination rate appear to be chasing away commerce from the southeastern Manitoba community. "I'm not going to go to Winkler, I'm not going to spend time there," a Morden teacher who didn't want to be identified told the Free Press Wednesday. There are several big-box stores in the city of about 13,000 residents, a draw for people in Morden and other surrounding communities. But months of high COVID-19 case counts and consistently low vaccination numbers have some regular visitors saying they’ve had enough.