Deloraine to change name of Nygard Park?

By: Harry Callaghan

Posted: February 28, 2020 06:24 •

Reeve's office confirms their looking for a legal opinion

Image: Jennifer Lourie

77-year-old Peter Nygard, who started his fashion business in Manitoba, has stepped down from his company, amid sex assault and sex trafficking allegations.

The FBI and police raided his New York headquarters this week.

The news of the allegations has some people in his hometown of Deloraine demanding his name be removed from a town park.

Nygard Park was named in 2002, and has a commemorative plaque recognizing his contribution to Deloraine.

The Nygard family moved to the town from Finland in 1952, and relocated to Winnipeg in 1967, where Nygard's women's clothing empire was born.

The R-M's councillors have discussed the issue - and the Reeve's office tells Q Country/Star FM news they're getting a legal opinion before

any decision about the future of the park is made.

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