Hundreds of people sang songs and held homemade signs calling for environmental action at an Earth Day rally outside the Manitoba Legislature building in Winnipeg on Tuesday.

The crowd included young people and school-age children, many of whom were driven to the rally on school buses.

The children held signs with slogans like "Pollution is never the solution" and "We love the Earth," standing alongside members of Seniors for Climate, whose banner read "Later is too late" in bold, blue lettering.

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