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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A Canadian clothing store in Vancouver was picketed by at least 60 breastfeeding women after a new mother was chastised for feeding her infant.

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The protest Thursday followed an incident Tuesday in which Manuela Valle was told by store staff to go into the changing room to feed her 2-month-old daughter, The Province newspaper in Vancouver reported.

As women breastfed in the store sitting cross-legged on the floor, others marched outside with placards, the report said. Some of the women told the newspaper they're annoyed that companies can display ads showing near-naked women, yet mothers are vilified for discretely feeding their infants in public.

A spokeswoman for the H&M clothing stores' headquarters in Toronto told the newspaper the staff had acted in error on Tuesday, and a retraining program on policy was being scheduled.

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