Vancouver mayor moves to change street named for colonial leader who cut size of B.C. reserves

The City of Vancouver may soon change the name of a street that honours B.C.’s first lieutenant governor.

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 1871 to 1876. 

“I have spoken with Musqueam leadership about renaming Trutch Street and am in full support. Joseph Trutch actively worked to marginalize Indigenous people and seize their lands,”