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Publishing date: Apr 11, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 1 minute read • Winnipeg Grand Mosque on Waverley Street in Winnipeg. While mosques are expected to be open for Ramadan this year, public health orders governing the maximum limit allowed for houses of worship will be observed as will physical distancing and mask requirements. Photo by MARCEL CRETAIN /Winnipeg Sun files
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Manitoba Muslims as well as those around the world and across the country will be observing the holy month of Ramadan a second time amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ramadan begins on Tuesday and ends with the Eid celebration on Thursday May 13.
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Brenda Suderman | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2021
During the past year, Sophie Freynet-Agossa and her four children have attended weekend masses in Winnipeg, Montreal and several American cities.
During the past year, Sophie Freynet-Agossa and her four children have attended weekend masses in Winnipeg, Montreal and several American cities.
Not in person, though. They were virtual services, after the global pandemic closed Manitoba houses of worship for more that half of the last 12 months. We had a variety (of experiences), Freynet-Agossa said of attending virtual Roman Catholic masses from her family s home in St. Boniface. In a way, we’ve exposed the kids to a bigger church without travelling.
Three Bangladeshi students die in Canada road crash
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Three students from Bangladesh died yesterday morning in a car crash south of Arborg, Manitoba in Canada, reports CBC News Canada.
The deceased were identified as Al Numan Aditta, Aranoor Azad Chowdhury, Risul Badhon, all three Bangladeshi students studying at the University of Manitoba.
The three were returning from a trip to see the northern lights. A car travelling north on Highway 7 collided with a southbound car about 10 kilometres south of Arborg, Manitoba, a town about 115 kilometres north of Winnipeg, just before 6:30 am Thursday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), reports CBC News Canada.