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Parks Canada scraps plan for war monument at Green Cove …
SYDNEY — A 24-metre statue, arms stretched facing the ocean in honour of Canada’s war dead overseas, will not be built in Green Cove following a decision from Parks Canada on Friday.
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Cape Breton regional council approved the design of the sculpture Tuesday, giving staff the green light to have the memorial built and installed on the waterfront boardwalk.
War memorial proposed for old Cape Breton coal mine site …
A Cape Breton group is proposing that an old coal mine site in Sydney Mines be turned into a war memorial, a location that will avoid the bitter controversy faced by another proposed memorial …
Montreal's Grevin wax museum unveils sculpture of Justin …
MONTREAL — Instead of having to elbow through a crowd of fawning denizens to get a snapshot of Justin Trudeau, fans of the 23rd prime minister can now take their time for a selfie with their …
Mother Canada Could Die – LIFE AS A HUMAN
Since the publication here on June 2 of “Mother of a Monument,” three things have happened that could signal the death of the private project to erect a giant war memorial at Green Cove in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. Nicknamed “Mother Canada,” construction of the memorial, including an enormous statue of a draped female figure with arms outstretched toward the North Atlantic Ocean and supposedly Europe, is scheduled to begin this fall.
Mother Canada statue not feasible for Green Cove war memorial …
The company hired to assess the Never Forgotten War Memorial says an enormous statue planned for Green Cove, Cape Breton, isn't any more feasible than it was when the company pulled out of the …
Never Forgotten National Memorial – Wikipedia
The Mother Canada monument, officially the Never Forgotten National Memorial, was a project planned for Cape Breton Highlands National Park as a memorial to Canadian soldiers who fought and died overseas.
Placement of ‘Mother Canada’ statue has Cape Bretoners on war …
A massive monument to honour war dead, featuring a 10-storey-high statue called "Mother Canada," is igniting a fierce battle among Cape Bretoners living near and along the ruggedly beautiful Cabot …
Little political fallout seen from controversial Mother …
Yes, the statue is three metres taller than the National War Memorial, he said, but “it’s not the Colossus of Rhodes. “It’s not even 20 per cent the height of the Statue of Liberty, which a number of people have compared it to.” Critics argue the memorial would ruin Green Cove’s environment.
Placement of ‘Mother Canada’ statue has Cape Bretoners on war …
A massive monument to honour war dead, featuring a 10-storey-high statue called “Mother Canada,” is igniting a fierce battle among Cape Bretoners living near and along the ruggedly beautiful Cabot Trail on the island’s east coast.
Never Forgotten National Memorial – Wikipedia
The Mother Canada monument, officially the Never Forgotten National Memorial, was a project planned for Cape Breton Highlands National Park as a memorial to Canadian soldiers who fought and died overseas.
Mother Canada Could Die – LIFE AS A HUMAN
Since the publication here on June 2 of “Mother of a Monument,” three things have happened that could signal the death of the private project to erect a giant war memorial at Green Cove in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. Nicknamed “Mother Canada,” construction of the …
The Canadian Statue of Liberty Is the American Statue of …
The Canadian Statue of Liberty Is the American Statue of Liberty All Over Again 'Mother Canada' is supposed to be a memorial for casualties of war, but it's hugely controversial up north.
MOTHER CANADA GETS FROSTY RECEPTION FROM CAPE BRETON …
A question: What is the purpose of the controversial scheme to build a 30-metre-high figure called “Mother Canada” together with a visitor/tourist complex in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park: Is it primarily as a memorial to Canada’s war dead, or a business opportunity?
Canadian First World War memorials to be linked | The …
Canada’s newest First World War memorials, one in Halifax and the other in Belgium, will be linked at a ceremony in Halifax on Aug. 8. The Last Steps Memorial Arch, placed on the Halifax …
Crimean War Memorial, Halifax, 1860. Lion, arch | Nova Scotia …
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Mother Canada: The monument dream that won’t die | National Post
Parks Canada backs out of controversial ‘Mother Canada’ war memorial project in Cape Breton Letters: ‘Mother Canada’ moniker belongs to Vimy Ontario to kick off 150th anniversary …
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War Memorial at Green Cove Headland June 24, 2015 Monette Blog Dr. Sandra M. Barr is a Professor and J. Austin Bancroft Chair in Geology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia University.
Little political fallout seen from controversial Mother …
Yes, the statue is three metres taller than the National War Memorial, he said, but “it’s not the Colossus of Rhodes. “It’s not even 20 per cent the height of the Statue of Liberty, which a number of people have compared it to.”