Statue of Queen Elizabeth repaired and reinstalled, two years after vandalism

WINNIPEG — A bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth that was toppled on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature has been repaired and put back in place.

The three-metre-high statue was one of two monuments hauled to the ground on Canada Day in 2021 by demonstrators following the discovery of suspected unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

The statue landed face-first when it was toppled and was damaged in several areas, but remained intact.

Charles Brunet, the owner of the company that restored the statue, says it was a lot of work but he is happy the queen is back where she had stood.