Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II statues toppled in Canada amid anger at deaths of Indigenous children
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from World news | The Guardian on (#5KSE0)
Statues brought down as part of protests at treatment of Indigenous children in notorious residential schools
Statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II have been toppled in Canada amid growing outrage over the discovery of unmarked graves belonging to Indigenous children.
A group gathered at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg pulled down the statue of Victoria on Canada Day - an annual celebration on 1 July that marks the country's confederation.
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