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STUFF At a meeting on Friday, the board voted 3-1 to keep the name. Two of the board members, city councillors Mike Davidson and Pauline Cotter, were absent. Board chair Emma Norrish said her reasoning for keeping the name was “quite simple really”, saying the name of the lane was not the same as the disgraced liquor baron.
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Earthworks at 480 Hills Rd – a property linked to businessman Harjit Singh. “The name of the lane is, to the general public, not associated with him unless people delve into the history,” she said. Norrish worried about the precedent the board could set if it revoked the name.