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A round of applause erupted Tuesday in the gallery of Vancouver city council chambers, after the city officially adopted its first street name in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the language of the Musqueam First ...
At that time, then Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs told the Vancouver Sun that the city would not rename Trutch Street. Meggs is now chief of staff to Premier John Horgan.
Another Trutch Street in Victoria, which is on Lekwungen Nation land, was renamed earlier this year. Victoria council voted to change the name to Su'it Street, which means "truth," or "meaning to ...
A street in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood will soon be officially renamed in what members of the Musqueam Indian Band call a step forward for reconciliation.Trutch Street will be called ...
Trutch Street signs in Vancouver, however, have not been removed from any of the 16 blocks that run from Point Grey Road to West 16th Avenue in Kitsilano. According to a City of Vancouver statement, ...
A street in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood will soon be officially renamed in what members of the Musqueam Indian Band call a step forward for reconciliation. Trutch Street will be called ...
Trutch Street in Vancouver runs north through the heart of Kitsilano from 16th Avenue to the waterfront, while Trutch Street in Victoria is only two blocks long.
In June 2022, Victoria city council also voted in favour of renaming the capital city's Trutch Street to Su'it Street. Su'it is the Lekwungen word for truth, according to the city.
Stickers placed on Trutch Street sign in Vancouver proclaim its namesake, B.C.’s first lieutenant-govenor Sir Joseph William Trutch, as a racist. Photo by Jason Payne / Vancouver Sun ...
Mayor Kennedy Stewart said he would be putting forward a motion to change the name of Trutch Street, a 17-block road in Kitsilano named for Joseph Trutch, who served as lieutenant governor from ...
Trutch Street is named after Sir Joseph William Trutch, who served as B.C.’s Chief Commissioner of Land and Works before the province joined Confederation in 1871.
Signs on a Vancouver street named after Joseph Trutch, B.C.’s first lieutenant-governor, have been defaced with stickers noting his racist policies toward first nations.