L.V. Rogers students and teachers voted to change from the Bombers to the Grizzlies
When visiting high school sports teams travel to Nelson next fall, they'll face the new L.V. Rogers Grizzlies.
LVR principal Dan Rude said last fall he was approached by the school's student council who desired moving on from the wartime moniker. Students were consulted on possibilities, the majority of which Rude said were animals, before three were chosen for the vote: Grizzlies, Ravens and Summits. But the results were clear that Grizzlies was the favourite.In 2019, staff began early talks about a change that coincided with a movement across professional and college sports to ditch problematic or outright racist team names. Edmonton's CFL team, for example, changed from the Eskimos to the Elks in 2021.
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