‘This is not the heart of Steinbach’: Mayor rails against out-of-town anti-mask rally organizers The incident comes just one day after a group of nearly two dozen area pastors signed an open letter urging their congregations to abide by public health orders.The Steinbach area has been a hotspot for pandemic-related controversy in recent weeks.
A rally that saw hundreds of mask-free people protesting the province’s restrictions drew the ire of a wide range of officials — including Steinbach mayor Earl Funk and Manitoba premier Brian Pallister — the previous weekend.At Monday’s COVID-19 press conference — where the province announced a record-setting 546 new cases — chief public health officer Dr.