A group of mothers from a First Nation in northern Manitoba are calling for leniency after they were fined $5,000 each for leaving their community for essentials during a community-imposed lockdown.
“When I seen that the ticket was $5,000, I thought the ticket was outrageous and crazy,” said Kattey Hart, a mother of four.
Hart lives in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN), about 670 kilometres north of Winnipeg. She was among a group of mothers who travelled to Thompson, Man., for a shopping trip Jan. 20 during a COVID-19 lockdown.
She was issued the ticket for breaking the community’s stay-at-home order and is arguing that
