Bench commemorating Indigenous reconciliation divides community

A park bench designed to celebrate Indigenous reconciliation has divided a sleepy Canadian community.

The controversial bench was installed in Kinsmen Park in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, to commemorate 's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - an annual holiday on September 30 to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system.

Mayor George Andrews said the bench was meant as a place here people can sit and reflect, that it has been positively received by some of the residents.

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