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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSRabbi Kliel Rose of Congregation Etz Chayim stands in front of the Asper Jewish Community Campus Sunday. Rose says safety is important but he doesn’t want people paralyzed by fear.
Welcoming but safe: Security is being eyed at city places of worship in the wake of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka and this weekend’s deadly shooting at a synagogue in California. Carol Sanders reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of rain showers or snow flurries this morning, a high of 5 C and wind from the northeast at 20 km/h.
What’s happening today
Kelly Olynyk of the Miami Heat shoots at the end of practice during the Pacific Rim Basketball Classic in Vancouver last year. (Darryl Dyck/ The Canadian Press files)
Event announcement: True North Sports & Entertainment will announce a warmup game leading up to the Basketball World Cup, taking place at Bell MTS Place this summer. A news conference is scheduled for this afternoon at the downtown arena. READ MORE
Kicking off campaign: Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden will make his first campaign speech since entering the presidential race in Pennsylvania this afternoon. READ MORE
Afghanistan agenda: A four-day meeting of a grand council convened to set an agenda on peace talks with the Taliban begins in Kabul. READ MORE
In case you missed it
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, right, is hugged as he leaves a news conference at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire Saturday inside the synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
‘She didn’t deserve to die’: Rabbi Yishoel Goldstein described Saturday’s synagogue shooting a day after the attack in southern California, which claimed the life of a congregant. “I couldn’t see his eyes. I couldn’t see his soul,” Goldstein said of the suspect. READ MORE
Celebrating St. Mary’s: St. Mary’s Academy, the city’s oldest Catholic school, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this week. Brenda Suderman reports. READ MORE
On this date
On April 29, 1918: The Manitoba Free Press reported that in Germany there was depression over the country’s fearful losses in the Great War. British troops were in possession of Voormezeele, and there was a desperate battle in progress southwest of Ypres. Members of Canada’s Northwest Mounted Police would for the first time be allowed to fight in the war; three squadrons would be recruited from the force’s ranks and head overseas. READ MORE
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