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The Queen Victoria monument was pulled off its elevated base and covered in red paint, while the base itself was littered with red handprints. A sign left at the base of the statue read, ‘We were children once. Bring them home.’
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The legislature was the final destination of the Every Child Matters walk, one of two marches that were held in downtown Winnipeg on Thursday, in support and solidarity for the more than 1,100 children found recently in unmarked graves in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
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A statue of Queen Victoria was toppled at the Manitoba Legislative Building following a march in honour of Indigenous children found in unmarked graves at former residential schools. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
A day that began with rallies that flooded streets orange in honour of bodies buried in unmarked graves at residential schools ended with the toppling of a statue that has stood for more than a century in front of Manitoba’s legislative building.
A day that began with rallies that flooded streets orange in honour of bodies buried in unmarked graves at residential schools ended with the toppling of a statue that has stood for more than a century in front of Manitoba’s legislative building.
1 arrested after Queen Victoria statue toppled at Manitoba Legislature
Dozens of people, many wearing orange shirts in memory of Indigenous children sent to residential schools, surrounded the monument as ropes were wrapped around it and it was pulled off its base.
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People celebrate after a statue of Queen Victoria was toppled on Thursday at the Manitoba Legislature. (Travis Golby/CBC)
Police shocked a man with a stun gun and arrested him while others lobbed objects their way and yelled profanities after a crowd pulled down a prominent statue of Queen Victoria on the Manitoba Legislature grounds on Thursday.
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Senior politicians host quiet Canada Day BBQ
Kootenay-Columbia MP Rob Morrison and Kootenay East MLA Tom Shypitka combined resources for a Canada Day appreciation barbecue.
Several dozen people, many dressed in orange in respect to Every Child Matters, gathered for Canada’s 154
th birthday on Cranbrook’s Baker Street today.
The gathering featured a first for most in attendance. Thanks to Phase 3 re-opening guidelines in effect today, people socialized in the mid 30s sunny weather without masks.
Happy Canada Day to one and all and please celebrate wisely – such as stash the fireworks for another time when our forests are not tinderboxes.
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The Every Child Matters recognition walk departs Garden River First Nation’s recreation centre early Thursday afternoon. The walk, which went along Syrette Lake Road and continued to the community centre, also included sacred fire and drumming. The event comes shortly after the discovery of 215 unmarked graves in British Columbia and 751 graves at a former residential school in Saskatchewan. Just this week, 182 more unmarked graves were found near a residential school in British Columbia. Closer to home, survivors of Shingwauk Indian Residential School say there are unmarked graves of students at the Queen Street East site. Shingwauk cemetery, in a wooded area east of Shingwauk Hall on the Algoma University campus, holds the remains of 72 students and 37 others. The City of Sault Ste. Marie cancelled Canada Day celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.