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By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter WINNIPEG, MAN.,-Members of a conspiracy theorist group have been showing up uninvited to kindergarten open houses in Winnipeg to warn young families about \u201cpornographic\u201d content in public schools. The Pembina Trails School Division recently contacted Action4Canada \u2014\u00a0 described as a radical conservative group with a mandate to protect \u201cfamily, faith and freedom\u201d \u2014 to request representatives stay off its properties. \u201cSchools must be safe and caring environments free from unauthorized demonstrations, protests, or propaganda,\u201d superintendent Shelley Amos said in a statement to the Free Press. A4C members have gone to at least eight division campuses in recent weeks to distribute brochures and, in some cases, approach parents and students directly to discuss their cause. \u201cIndividuals who do not have a reason to be… <\/p>\n

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By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter WINNIPEG, MAN.,-Members of a conspiracy theorist group have been showing up uninvited to kindergarten open houses in Winnipeg to warn young families about \u201cpornographic\u201d content in public schools. The Pembina Trails School Division recently contacted Action4Canada \u2014\u00a0 described as a radical conservative group with a mandate to protect \u201cfamily, faith and freedom\u201d \u2014 to request representatives stay off its properties. \u201cSchools must be safe and caring environments free from unauthorized demonstrations, protests, or propaganda,\u201d superintendent Shelley Amos said in a statement to the Free Press. A4C members have gone to at least eight division campuses in recent weeks to distribute brochures and, in some cases, approach parents and students directly to discuss their cause. \u201cIndividuals who do not have a reason to be... <\/p>\n

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