The Vancouver Park Board has passed a motion to recognize traditional Indigenous place names for the city's parks and beaches. "Names form an integral part of culture and heritage," said park board commissioner and chair Stuart Mackinnon, who put forward the motion. My motion is part of reconciliation in Vancouver, to recognize that these Indigenous people have been here forever and that they had place names long before we were here." The park board says it will work with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations to identify the traditional names of places within the board's jurisdiction. It says those names will be recognized by the park board and acknowledged in ways deemed appropriate by the relevant First Nations.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2018 15:00 UTC