STEINBACH, MB

A new housing development in Steinbach is taking the bold step of naming the streets after Englishers. The first two streets, which drew the ire of several Mennonites, are ‘Johnson Boulevard’ and ‘Smith Place.’

“This is just a further erosion of our Mennonite culture!” said one local, who stood at the corner of Johnson and Smith with a large hand-made sign that cited numerous Bible verses condemning this practice. “Why can’t we just go back to the good ol’ days of naming everything after a Barkman?”

Johnson Boulevard, named after a well-respected Steinbach sausage-maker, and Smith Place, named after a talented woodworker, are some of the first such non-Dutch-Prussian-Russian-Mennonite street names in town.

“When I drive the streets of Steinbach I want to know that I’m goi

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