City of Regina wants to stop naming parks after random plants and animals

The City of Regina isproposingto suspend the use of miscellaneousplant and animal names for new parks.

In some new areas, proposed names for parks includeBumblebee Park and Gopher Park, both of which are on the current list of approved civic names.

However, the city is asking developers to usenames from the CivicNaming Listthat represent Indigenous culture, regional heritage orspecies that have cultural relevanceto Saskatchewan.

The city wants the namingsuspension in place until a review of the civic naming process is completed.

The city isrecommending the following namesfor newparks:

• Canterbury Park to be namedTony Cote Park
• Eastbrookto be namedCrosbie Park
• Westerrato be namedSharp Park
• Greens on Gardiner (MR4) to be namedPlains Minnow Park
• Greens on Gardiner (MR6) to be namedYellow Rail Park
• Kensington Greens to be namedTansley Park

The proposed names, and name suspensions,will be discussed Thursday night at the Regina Planning Commission meeting, which is open to the public.

The final decision will be made by city council on July 31.