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Pallister says sports ‘back of the pack’ as Manitoba plans reopening

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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says big public events, including professional sports, will be on the back burner when the province announces plans to reopen sectors of its economy that were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I mean I’m a sports fan and I like a concert once in a while.

I think all of us might like to enjoy those things and I think the likelihood of those happening in the distant future is a lot less than for many other things,” Pallister said Tuesday. “I think the reality is a big congregation of a lot of people is a danger to everybody there, and a danger to all of us.

So those are things that are very likely going to be at the back of the pack when it comes to reopening.” Manitoba is scheduled to announce its

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