One-hundred-and-eighteen years ago today, Saskatoon was declared a city. In 1906, the city had a population of just 4,500, up significantly from a pop.
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Danyluk says she has received emails in support of changing the street name, including one from a person who lives on McPherson Avenue.(Ashleigh Mattern/CBC)
A Saskatoon woman wants the name of a city street changed.
Stephanie Danyluk says McPherson Avenue is named after a man who is responsible for colonial policy decisions that negatively impacted local Métis people.
Sir David MacPherson served as the federal minister of interior during the 1880s. He retired from that post in 1885, charged with incapacity in dealing with the Northwest Rebellion, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.