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BREAKING: Vancouver just renamed Trutch Street to Šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmsəm Street to be …

BREAKING: Vancouver just renamed Trutch Street to Šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmsəm Street to be inclusive

Members of the Musqueam Indian Band call the move a step forward for reconciliation.

Trutch Street will be called Musqueamview Street in English and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm — pronounced “sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum” — in the Musqueam Indian Band’s hən̓q̓əmin̓əm (hun-kuh-MEE-num) language.