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Indigenous people can now reclaim their traditional names on official travel and immigration documents such as Canadian passports

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action number 17 called on the government to "enable residential school Survivors and their families to reclaim names changed by the residential school system by waiving administrative costs for a period of five years." This action was finally adopted on June 14, 2021.  

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Retraite Québec has unveiled its list of Quebec's most popular baby names of 2020 and the top two are exactly the same as in 2019: Olivia and Liam. 

That means you can expect to see a lot of little Olivias and Liams running around in the near future. While the top two names aren't exactly a surprise, that doesn't mean there wasn't anything unexpected in the mix.

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Dépanneur, Champlure, Espadrille, Foufoune — just some of the hilarious Quebec baby name suggestions TikToker Camille Couture offers unsuspecting non-Quebecers in a video that has been liked over 43,000 times.

Clueless parents who fail to do their own research might be dismayed to discover that these "names" don't translate to "delicate," "cherry blossom," "exceptional" and "feather" — as Couture might have them believe — but are, in fact, québécois terms for a convenience store, faucet, sneaker and butt cheek.

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Using information from Retraite Québec, Narcity Québec has compiled lists of the province's top baby names in the last three decades.

It can seem odd that the names of older generations were once the "in" names of the time, but who knows — maybe that's what our grandkids will say about our names one day...

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Beachclub owner Olivier Primeau is making headlines due to buzz around his new pizzeria Slice Gang.

But it's not the foodies that are raving about the pizza just yet. Instead, some individuals are complaining about the English name and quality of the food. The thing is, the restaurant hasn't even opened yet. 

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Quebec-based furniture retailer Structube has apologized for labelling trash bins using common names of Muslim men.

The apology comes after several social media users expressed outrage at the use of names Walid and Wassim for the two bins on the Structube website.

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An infamous Quebec city is giving its name change process another go after residents ridiculed its first batch of suggestions. Asbestos, Quebec revealed four new name options on Friday morning: L’Azur-des-Cantons, Jeffrey-sur-le-Lac, Larochelle, and Val-des-Sources.

They join Phénix and Trois-Lacs, which made the cut from the first proposals, as the list of six finalists.

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A town's name serves an important purpose. Whether it tells a story about the town's history or honours some British dude who built a church, a town's name reflects what it's all about. As a town that frequently makes the list as one of the weirdest names in the country, Asbestos, Quebec decided to part ways with that unfortunate moniker in 2019 and now, it's up to the citizens to choose the town's new name

"After having established selection criteria, [we] gathered several hundred suggestions and consulted the social acceptability committee," wrote the town's officials in a Facebook post. 

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Montreal metro names are weird, like the fact they are called metros and not subways if you're not from here.

Every name seems to be an homage to a person or a place. But who are these people? Where are these places? And what the hell does Namur mean?

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There's the metro station's name, then there's your name for the metro.

You know, that single thought that pops into your head every time you go through the station's doors which is far more descriptive than the station's "real" name.

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A name is more than just a name. Not simply a unique epithet or designation, names are the encapsulation of a history, the vessel for a story that has started and yet to end.

So even though you might remember someone or something's name, you might not know everything that has made the title what it is now, because knowing a name is different than knowing a name.

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There's no shortage of weird names in Montreal. You hear about places such as Ahuntsic or Hochelaga and you wonder what the founders were smoking when they chose those names. But it turns out there's a perfectly good explanation behind each borough name in Montreal. Did you know Ile-Bizard was named that way because everyone who lives there is weird? Nope, that's total bullshit, and you would have known that if you had read this list. So without further ado (unless you enjoy ados, in which case have as many further ados as you like) here's the history behind Montreal's borough names.

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