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Warehouse District Park

Foolworm said:
And approved -- O-day'min park it is.

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The City feels good about itself by giving city landmarks indigenous names - but then seems to be okay with EPS policemen like Ben Todd kicking innocent indigenous citizens like Pacey Dumas in the head resulting in horrific life altering injuries. Constable Todd only faced minimal punishment for this and should have been charged with attempted murder - big tough guy Todd basically curb stomped teenage Dumas in the head. Dumas had committed no crime and was never arrested for anything - and even if he had committed a crime he should have just been hand-cuffed and read his rights. Police have no right to treat any citizens like this. Unfortunately this is one of serveral cases like this involving "law enforcement" in Edmonton and Alberta. If I was indigenous I would much rather have my civil rights protected then having civic politicians virtue signal about how righteous Edmonton is by giving urban parks indigenous names. The Pacey Dumas case makes Edmonton look like Mississippi.
 
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https://www.eopcn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/O-daymin-name-meaning.pdf

I had to google what this means. My out of the box impression was disappointment because I thought Warehouse Park could serve up in the future monuments to former buildings of the area that had been torn down.

- but the symbolism is strong for what the city see this park as being based off what I just read, I can get behind it.

Edit: reading up it sounds like it was a done in a vacuum. The community should vote on such things. If your idea is strong enough, it'll get the vote.
 
Stevey_G said:
https://www.eopcn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/O-daymin-name-meaning.pdf

I had to google what this means. My out of the box impression was disappointment because I thought Warehouse Park could serve up in the future monuments to former buildings of the area that had been torn down.

- but the symbolism is strong for what the city see this park as being based off what I just read, I can get behind it.

Edit: reading up it sounds like it was a done in a vacuum. The community should vote on such things. If your idea is strong enough, it'll get the vote.
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If you've been following municipal politics for the past 4 or 5 years then you'll realize that O-day'min is the ward name for the area encompassing the downtown region and is represented by City Councillor Anne Stevenson..
 
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