Steinbach Pride
Thousands of people turned out for the first Pride march in Steinbach.
Police say about 3,000 attended-- so many that a second street in the community had to be opened to accommodate everyone.
The community is considered both religiously and politically conservative and local politicians did not take part in yesterday's festivities.
But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a message of support from Warsaw, Poland, where he is attending NATO meetings.
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No Charges to be Laid in Winnipeg Cyclist's Death
Winnipeg police say they are not considering charges in the death of an 87-year-old cyclist.
They say the senior was riding on a cycling trail Friday afternoon when he was struck at an intersection by a construction boom vehicle -- commonly known as a cherry-picker.
Leslie Freudenberg of Winnipeg was pronounced dead at the scene.
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More Protests in US Over Police Killings of Black Men
A day of protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has resulted in the leader of the Black Lives Matter movement being arrested.
DeRay McKesson was arrested as he filmed the demonstration -- but it's not yet known why.
Protesters also blocked a section of highway in St Paul, Minnesota, demanding justice for a black man shot and killed by police during a traffic stop.
In Dallas, an unspecified threat prompted the police department to surround its headquarters with SWAT team members -- but the threat turned out to be a false alarm.
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Trudeau in Poland and Ukraine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued a European trip today with a sombre visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
Trudeau wiped away tears at times as he viewed the site where more than one million people, most of them Jewish, were murdered by the Nazis.
His tour guide was 88-year-old Nate Leipciger who is a camp survivor who now lives in Toronto.
Afterward, Trudeau headed to Kyiv for talks with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko.
