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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 19, 2020, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A2 A 2 SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 ? WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COMNEWS I LOCAL The Free Press receives support from the Local Journalism Initiative funded by the Government of Canada WINNIPEG FREE PRESS SUNDAY 1355 Mountain Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2X 3B6 PHOTO REPRINTS 204-697-7064 SWITCHBOARD 204-697-7000 ADVERTISING 204-697-7122 FP.Advertising@freepress.mb.ca EDITORIAL NEWSROOM 204-697-7301 HOW TO REACH US Winnipeg Free Press est 1872 / Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 VOL. 149 NO. 159 INSIDE Local news A3 Canada A4 World A4, A5 Entertainment A8,A9 Miss Lonelyhearts A9 Sunday Special A10 Sports A12 Comics A14 Diversions A15 Horoscope A16 Television A16 2020 Winnipeg Free Press, a division of FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership. Published seven days a week at 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2X 3B6, PH: 204-697-7000 A member of the Manitoba Press Council CRIME STOPPERS !$##$"&% 204 786 TIPS (8477) SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING The people in these photos are of interest to police and may be able to provide investigators with information about the offences. These images are released for identification purposes only. The people pictured may or may not be responsible for the crimes indicated. If you are able to identify anyone pictured, call Winnipeg Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (204-786-8477), text TIP170 and your mes- sage to CRIMES (274637) or send a secure tip online at winnipegcrimestoppers.org. CLICK ? WINNIPEG CRIME STOPPERS Incident 997 WHEN: Dec. 15, 2019 WHERE: 1500 block of Regent Avenue West Both of the suspects pictured here entered a department store on Regent Avenue West, filled bags with store merchandise and headed for the door. Once outside, they separated, causing security to choose and chase one of the suspects. The woman was stopped and fled after she dropped the merchandise. The man escaped with the stolen products. Incident 998 WHEN: Sept. 17, 2019 WHERE: 700 block of Keewatin Street The woman shown here was seen shoplifting inside a store on Keewatin Street. When confronted outside by security, she produced a can of bear spray and threatened the officer. GRISLY FIND IN ASSINIBOINE FOREST A Winnipeg Police Service forensic investigator takes photos at a taped off area on the east side of the Assiniboine Forest Saturday. Police were on scene and investigating reports of sus- picious circumstances. The WPS public information officer would not comment on reports human remains may have been found in the area. An update on the inves- tigation is expected today. DANIEL CRUMP / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS T HE COVID-19 crisis has separated Manitoba children from their teach-ers, but the staff at Ryerson School did their best to reconnect with their students Friday afternoon. A group of about 30 teachers, education- al assistants and secretaries from the K-6 school in Fort Richmond staged a car parade through their neighbourhood, waving and chatting with students and their families. The event came at the end of a full work day for staff and it became a morale booster for everyone involved. "It went really, really well," said Ryerson principal Kathy Bru, noting the idea has been used in other centres with good suc- cess. "I have to say, honestly, we didn't know what to expect. Our community is a very di- verse community and 60 per cent of the fam- ilies don't speak English so we tried multiple means of communication to get our message out to them. "It was fabulous. It ended up taking us longer than we thought, about an hour, we were thinking 45 minutes. There were so many families out, either on their lawn or on their front step. When we went by the apartments we had families properly social distanced." Many of the vehicles were colourfully decorated and some students had prepared signs for the event. "We got a lot of positive feedback from the families, saying it was the highlight of their day, and for all of our staff, it was the high- light of our last five weeks to see all the kids again, and their families, and how excited they were." The parade route was planned so the cars would pass in front of students' homes or so they only needed to walk a short distance to view the festivities. Ryerson has an enrolment of 282 students and Bru estimated she saw approximately 70 per cent of them along the parade route. "I joked, it was the lamest parade filled with the most love in the world because we didn't have any floats or anything like that," said Bru, who informed her staff of the plan on Wednesday. "We decorated our cars as quickly as we could." Bru wouldn't rule out a repeat perform- ance. "It was such a great way to end the week," she said. "I mean, I think it would lose its ap- peal if you did it every Friday for the people in the neighbourhood, but I could definitely see us doing something like that (again)." mike.sawatzky@freepress.mb.ca Twitter: @sawa14 Parade lifts elementary students' school spirit MIKE SAWATZKY KATHY BRU SUBMITTED PHOTOS Annabelle Tang (left) holds up a sign to greet the Ryerson School staff car parade on Friday afternoon. Kinder- garten teacher Dayna Hiebert (below left) waves during the neighbourhood parade. One of the many decorated cars (below) in the parade. A_02_Apr-19-20_FP_01.indd A2 2020-04-18 9:27 PM ;