Article 68VZB Niagara-on-the-Lake considers 'next steps' for Black settlers' burial ground, wants to preserve heritage

Niagara-on-the-Lake considers 'next steps' for Black settlers' burial ground, wants to preserve heritage

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Desmond Brown
from CBC | Edmonton News on (#68VZB)
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The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is working on potential next steps in the wake of a demand from Toronto filmmaker James Russell that it cover a $59,000 bill to restore 19 headstones buried at a cemetery that dates back almost 200 years.

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