By Cheryl Jahn

Lheidli T’enneh pleased with renaming

Jun 14, 2022 | 2:09 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – The Lheildi T’enneh say they are pleased with Council’s decision to rename O’Grady Road to Dakelh Ti, which means First nations Road.

Last Year, Chief Dolleen Logan requested the name change soon after the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School. O’Grady Road was named after Catholic Church Bishop John Fergus O’Grady who was principal at the Kamloops Residential School between 1939 and 1952. He later opened Prince George College in 1960 in Prince George.

Last night, Council voted to move ahead with the name change in a unanimous vote.

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“The new name acknowledges the Dakelh (Carrier) people of our nation and other communities in Central BC,” says Acting President of the Lheidli T’enneh Elders Society Darlene McIntosh. “The name change will also help reduce the ongoing trauma of residential schools that many Indigenous people feel on a day-to-day basis. Residential school syndrome is very real, and many Indigenous people struggle with the impacts their parents and grandparents who attended residential schools experienced.”

However, it was acknowledged by Council that there hadn’t been consultation with the residents and businesses along O’Grady Road, which will now be rectified.