The country’s two most populous provinces are laying out plans to reopen as Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination pace brings optimism, but Manitoba’s premier warned surging infections there are linked to people not getting their shots. “COVID is evil. It robs your breath. It robs your strength. It robs your freedoms. It can take your life,” an emotional Brian Pallister said during a news conference Thursday. “There are real consequences to getting COVID and I don’t want those consequences to happen to you.” A delayed third wave has put immense pressure on health care in Manitoba, where a record number of people are in intensive care. Three COVID-19 patients were transferred to northwestern Ontario this week to free up bed space. Pallister said health officials have told him the majority of people getting infected and hospitalized have not been vaccinated, even though anyone 12 and older can get a shot in the …