City of Vancouver approves to name a new road in honour of Nora Hendrix

City councillors in Vancouver have voted to name a new road in honour of Nora Hendrix, the grandmother of legendary musician Jimi Hendrix.

But Doctor June Francis, co-chair of the Hogans Alley Society, says the city's naming committee didn't involve members in the process when they decided on Nora Hendrix Way.

She says Nora Hendrix was a pillar of the Strathcona community and is held in high esteem but members needed to have a say in the decision and celebrate it after working closely with the committee.

No one from the naming committee was available to respond to a request for comment.

This is the first street named after a Black woman within Vancouver.

Hendrix is being permanently honoured for her role in the Strathcona community more than a century ago.