Thousands sign up to rename Highway 400 after Gordon Lightfoot

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Thousands sign up to rename Highway 400 after Gordon Lightfoot

Highway 400, the second longest freeway in the province, may end up with a new name—if thousands of people have their way. A petition to rename the popular highway “The Gordon Lightfoot Memorial Highway” has received nearly 19,000 signatures since it was launched in early March. Lightfoot, a native of Orilla, Ontario, passed in May of last year in Toronto at the age of 84. The Canadian singer-songwriter, known for his pop-folk music throughout t…