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Calgarians biking and driving the streets of Mission could soon be tapping the brakes at street corners featuring traffic signs with the words: STOP/ARRÊT.

Coun. Jeromy Farkas is proposing bilingual stop signs be installed on streets in historic Rouleauville, a part of Mission that was once a distinct village bordering Calgary that was home to French immigrants, French-Canadians and Métis before it was annexed in 1907.

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“It’s something that actually came as a surprise to me as a born and raised Calgarian and the more that I learned about the history, the more that I grew to appreciate it,” said Farkas, who was raised Catholic and attended St. Mary’s Cathedral on 18 Ave. S.W. in Mission, an area that he now represents in Ward 11.

“We sometimes take for granted how our city is a meeting place of cultures and that fact is worth celebrating.”

If approved, the cost of installing the signs will be covered by community fundraising.