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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.
- SUBMITTED PHOTO An award-winning journalist found that she couldn’t simply report on issues facing northern First Nations, so she ran for grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) – and won. Sheila North Wilson, originally from the Bunibonibee Cree Nation (Oxford House), was elected to the position at a general assembly in Nelson House earlier this month. article continues below
Trending Stories “I felt that I knew the issues far too well not to do my part in addressing some of them,” she said. “Working in the media, but also growing up in the North, I’ve come to know a lot of the concerns that our First Nations have and I felt that I had to help.”