Port Lands named Ookwemin Minising, place of black cherry trees

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Toronto – Mayor Olivia Chow and Councillor Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth) were joined by Elder Shelley Charles (Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation) and members of an Indigenous Advisory Circle to announce the name of the new island that is being created in the Port Lands and its new park. The announcement comes after a year-long engagement and consultation process where …