Street Renaming

• Halifax council approves renaming Cornwallis Street to Nora Bernard Street

  Renaming the north-end street was among the recommendations of the Task Force on the Commemoration of Edward Cornwallis and the Recognition and Commemoration of Indigenous History.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2022
  
• Late Mi’kmaw activist Nora Bernard recommended as new name for Halifax’s Cornwallis Street

  Nora Bernard, who was a prominent Mi'kmaw activist and residential school survivor, could soon have a north end street named in her honour.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2022
  
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• London, Ont., committee endorses review of name change process prompted by Plantation Road petition

  The motion itself was in response to the advocacy of 10-year-old London Lyla Wheeler, who's been pushing for over a year to change the name of Plantation Road.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2020
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• Vancouver to debate policy allowing residents to rename streets, buildings

  "I mean it's certainly not a daily or weekly or even monthly occurrence, but when it does happen it tends not to be trivial," said Andrea Reimer.

  Jul 22, 2018