Manitoba's premier is calling for a review of public notice guidelines after a 28-year-old man with a past conviction for sexual interference allegedly entered a school and grabbed a student last week.

Wab Kinew wrote a letter to the Community Notification Advisory Committee on Tuesday about the incident, urging it "to thoroughly review the criteria and guidelines used in issuing public notifications of high-risk sex offenders to ensure the public is adequately protected."

That committee — which is appointed by the justice minister and includes representatives from police forces along with the province's corrections, justice and health departments — reviews cases of sex offenders referred to it by police agencies and makes recommendations on whether some form of community notification i

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