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    • Edward Cornwallis

    Halifax tried to hide Edward Cornwallis, but we found him

    Strapped in a plywood box to a pair of rusting shipping containers is no way to treat the statue of a historical icon. Or is it?

    The Edward Cornwallis statue is stuck in (top secret) limbo

    Authorities in Halifax are keeping the monument’s location under wraps—purportedly for its own protection. For some, it might as well stay wherever it is.

    The push to erase Canada’s racist past

    The drive to remove monuments and place names that offend racial sensibilities is gaining momentum. Are we facing up to the past? Or hiding it?