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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Local - Winkler & Morden, anti-mask rhetoric Church sign at Bethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church. Story is just trying to get a sense from specific subjects what the anti-mask rhetoric is like in Manitoba's Bible belt. People have told me there's this growing divide in Winkler/Morden and some have resorted to threats, that sort of thing. - At around 1, we're meeting with Pastor Randy Smart at Bethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church to get his two cents on the issue. - I'm not sure of the time yet, but hopefully before 11:30, we're meeting the mayor of Morden, Brandon Burley. He's suffering long-term symptoms of COVID and said he and his children have been personally threatened by anti-maskers in the area. Malak Abas Reporter | Winnipeg Free Press April 16, 2021