'No other option or choice': Advocates support motion to rename Regina's Dewdney Avenue
CTV
Regina city council is set to discuss a motion brought forward by two city councillors that would see Dewdney Avenue be renamed. The motion is garnering support from advocates in the city who have long called for a name change.
Regina city council is set to discuss a motion brought forward by two city councillors that would see Dewdney Avenue be renamed.
It’s a topic that has been brought up in the past.
Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway has long called for the city to change the name of the road.
“It may not seem significant,” she told CTV News. “But to me, it is.”
BigEagle-Kequahtooway first began her calls in 2019 when the city reached out to her about what Regina could to do follow through on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action.
“The last eight years have been an educational campaign to talk about who Edgar Dewdney was,” she explained.
The street is named after Edgar Dewdney, who was born in 1835 in England and died in 1916. He held many political positions in Canada after arriving in the country in 1859.
