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By Dan Brown, The London Free Press Monday, February 20, 2017 original version here: http://www.lfpress.com/2017/02/20/london-city-hall-staff-are-recommending-no-to-two-groups-trying-to-get-parks-named-after-canadas-nation-forging-first-world-war-victory-in-france

Two different groups hoping to honour First World War veterans want London politicians to do something they rarely do — overrule the bureaucrats.

Shawn Lewis is the outreach chair for the Argyle Community Association. He and others would like to have a small strip of land officially named Vimy Ridge Park this year, after the nation-defining First World War battle for Canadians whose 100th anniversary is this spring.

“Everything is in place and the city hasn’t had to spend a dime,” said Lewis.

In fact, the land in question, next to the Charlie Fox roundabout at Hale and Trafalgar streets, named after a Second World War fighter pilot, is already Vimy Ridge Park as far as the locals are concerned. Continue Reading