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.
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.