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Canada only G7 country without legislation protecting historic sites, despite having more than 300

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new bill he introduced Tuesday gives legal protection to Canada's historic sites for the first time and ensures Indigenous Peoples have a stronger voice in identifying and protecting places of historic significance in Canada.

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new bill he introduced Tuesday gives legal protection t...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new bill he introduced Tuesday gives legal pr...

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new bill he introduced Tuesday gives legal protection to Canadas historic sites for the first time and ensures Indigenous Peoples have a stronger voice in identifying and protecting places of historic significance in Canada.

Court asked if Gaston Confederate monument violates Constitution or if removing it would violate state Monuments Act.

11 features have been collectively gazetted as part of Fort Siloso. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore News - Fort Siloso on Sentosa has been put forth to be gazetted a national monument. Announcing this on Tuesday (Jan 18), the National Heritage Board (NHB) said Fort Siloso is the best-preserved 19th century fort in Singapore, and serves as an important site to mark the war years... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa hinted that he could exhume the remains of Cecil John Rhodes in exchange for African ancestral remains in Europe.

The proposed amendments to the Preservation of Monuments Act are a timely way to mark the 30th anniversary of the Preservation of Monuments Board. The board has overseen the gazetting of 73 national monuments, preserving the physical markers of Singapore's history through periods of rapid urbanisation. . Read more at straitstimes.com.