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Jamrach's Tiger

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Diefenbaker and Laurier

This statue in Saskatoon commemorates the meeting of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and then newsboy John Diefenbaker on July 29th, 1910. People love encounters like this in which the torch is passed symbolically from one generation to the next. Unfortunately, it's totally a bullshit story that Dief cooked up during the 1963 election campaign to try to impress voters in Quebec. Source. Also.

Shunkan

Several islands claim to be the place of exile of the monk Shunkan, who plotted against the Heike in 1177. His co-conspirators received pardons, but he conspicuously did not. There are Noh plays about it. This statue is in Iōjima in Kagoshima Prefecture. Source. Also.

Matilda the Milkmaid

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Valentina Grizodubova

Statue of Soviet pilot Valentina Grizodubova in Moscow. Source.

The Lion of Belfort

Belfort is the corner of Alsace that France managed to hang on to after the Franco-Prussian War. To compensate themselves for losing the rest they built the enormous Lion of Belfort, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi, who also did the Statue of Liberty. There are copies of it in Paris and Montreal. The Lion of Belfort is a two-hour drive from the Löwendenkmal in Lucerne. Source.

Turk Broda

This is one of the bas reliefs that Elizabeth Wyn Wood installed around the Ryerson University campus in the early 1960s. Source.

Lethbridge Nurse

This statue of a nurse at the Galt Museum in Lethbridge makes nice use of bronze, brass, and snow. Source.

Saint Theodore and the Dragon

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No Dirt on Samuel Tilley

Samuel Tilley was a pharmacist, Premier of New Brunswick, a Father of Confederation, federal Minister of Finance in the Macdonald government, and reputedly the one who came up with the name Dominion of Canada. His statue in Saint John got a much-needed refurbishment in 2017. Source.