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Pittsburgh Synagogue: Vision Vancouver and Legsvpd Dog

pittsburgh synagogue: Louis ocean liner, which resulted in more than 250 of them dying at the hands of the Nazis.article continues below Trending Stories Cat found dead on swing with zap traps around neck and legsVPD dog mistakenly bites 75-year-old Vancouver man during arrest of burglary suspects Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Cops crackdown on fireworks crowd The apology has been months in the making and was scheduled before a gunman killed 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue the deadliest attack on Jews in American history, according to Vancouver Courier. The shooting has sparked countrywide vigils and forced a re-examination of the prime minister's plans. Trudeau is to apologize next week for a 1939 decision to reject an asylum request from more than 900 German Jews aboard the MS St. Trudeau's office says the text of the apology will be changed to reflect the Pittsburgh killings. Trudeau mentioned that idea in a letter to Jewish leaders on the weekend. Steve McDonald, the director of policy with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said his group hopes the apology will spur wider talk about how to address anti-Semitism regardless of our background. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.