Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Statues of the Queen, Queen Victoria and Captain Cook have been defiled during protests across Canada in riots on the country's founding national holiday.Sculptures of Queen Elizabeth II and her great-great grandmother in Winnipeg, Canada, were toppled, smeared with red paint and seemingly strangled with Mohawk flags.Protester group 'Idle No More' have campaigned for Canada Day to be cancelled under the belief that the celebration neglects a reflection on the way historical governments have treated indigenous peoples.The riots were heightened by the recent discovery of a number of mass graves containing around 1,000 indigenous children, prompting chants such as "no to genocide" and.
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