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Gassy Jsck statue toppled during Women’s memotial march in Canada

The Feb 14 Women’s Memorial March was held in Vancouver, Canada, to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The demonstrators targeted the stature of John Deighton (Nov 1830 – May 23, 1875), better known as ”Gassy Jack”, who is shown as a symbol of discrimination against indigenous people. Demonstrators toppled the statue, and painted it in red. The police investigation into the incident continues.

More than 23,000 signatures have collected for the removal of the statue do date. Gassy Jack, a symbol of oppression against natives, was 40 years old when he married a 12-year-old girl from the Squamish First Nation Indians.

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Death Toll in Gaza Surpasses 57,000

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The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 142 more people were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 57,012 since October 7, 2023. An additional 487 people were injured. Israel’s strikes during humanitarian aid distributions also killed 39 and injured 210, bringing the aid-related death toll to 640. Total injuries have reached 134,592 amid ongoing violence.

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