text: Prince Edward County council held a special meeting on Monday evening to consider options for the John A. Macdonald Holding Court statue in front of the Picton Library. Mayor Steve Ferguson called the meeting after the discovery of remains of 215 Indigenous children at a residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. A vigil was held at the Holding Court site on May 30. It was estimated more than 200 people attended the vigil with many leaving shoes (some remaining on the steps of the library) in recognition of the children. Monday night council agreed to put the statue in storage and gave themselves until March 31, 2022 to decide on a permanent home. It was removed by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning BRUCE BELL