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Springs Church fined $9,000 for pandemic graduation ceremony

Springs Church. (Credit: CityNews)

Posted May 11, 2022 4:11 pm.

A Winnipeg church has been fined $9,000 for holding a graduation ceremony at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a public health order banning indoor gatherings.

BACKGROUND: Winnipeg church charged with breaking COVID protocols over graduation ceremony

Springs Church pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of violating the Public Health Act.

The church was charged after it held the indoor graduation for Springs College students May 20, 2021.

The church and church leaders Leon Fontaine and Zachary Fontaine faced additional charges and tickets that were stayed as part of a plea bargain.

Springs Church at the time said it tried to follow the rules.

It said the grad ceremony was a closed television shoot inside a studio with 18 students who had been together during the school year.

From May 22, 2021: Maskless graduation causing uproar online

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