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Posted: Jan 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 25 Governor General Michaelle Jean invests Elder William Commanda as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009. On Wednesday, Ottawa city council will consider a motion proposing to rename a street after him. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) City council will decide Wednesday whether to rename a residential street in Ottawa's Beechwood neighbourhood after a respected Indigenous leader — and thereby drop its connection to a historical figure with ties to one of Canada's darkest chapters. Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King will bri...

  OTTAWA -- The name of Hector-Louis Langevin could be removed from a street in Ottawa's Rideau-Rockcliffe neighbourhood in the new year. Councillor Rawlson King gave notice of motion on Wednesday asking Council to rename Langevin Avenue, off Beechwood Avenue in the Lindenlea neighbourhood, to Commanda Way. In July, King asked residents for feedback on renaming the street named after one of the father's of Confederation. Langevin is considered a key architect of the residential school system. Commanda Way would be named after Algonquin eld...