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Controversial Markham cow statue still standing

Residents want immediate action, councillors and staff still figuring out where to put statue of Charity.

The winter has come and gone, and Markham’s infamous cow statue is still standing tall.
Last fall, Markham city council voted to move the 25-foot-high statue from its current home in a small parkette on Charity Cres., to greener pastures, after complaints from local residents that the stainless steel bovine on stilts had been installed with little consultation and was “terrifyingly close” to their homes.

Residents want immediate action, councillors and staff still figuring out where to put statue of Charity.

The winter has come and gone, and Markham’s infamous cow statue is still standing tall.
Last fall, Markham city council voted to move the 25-foot-high statue from its current home in a small parkette on Charity Cres., to greener pastures, after complaints from local residents that the stainless steel bovine on stilts had been installed with little consultation and was “terrifyingly close” to their homes.

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