The opposition at Montreal city hall plans to present a motion to rename Place des Festivals to honour Montreal-born jazz legend Oscar Peterson. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez explains, Peterson’s widow feels renaming the home of the Montreal Jazz Festival would be a fitting tribute.
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