Historic Saskatchewan town of Duck Lake fails in bid to sell naming rights
Historic Saskatchewan town of Duck Lake fails in bid to sell naming rights

By Fakiha Baig and Jeremy Simes Duck Lake — a Saskatchewan community steeped in history that includes Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellion — will not be renamed for a corporate sponsor. The mayor says a campaign accepting bids to buy the naming rights to the town is dead but admits the bad blood it spawned lives on. “Lots of people still won’t even look at me anymore. They’re quite angry about it,” Mayor Jason Anderson said in an interview. On Tuesday, the deadline passed for the town, located north of Saskatoon, to accept sealed bids from businesses to pony up and take over the town name. The minimum acceptable bid was $10 million. Anderson said there were no bidders in the campaign, which began last fall and would still

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