Highway 50 to be renamed after hockey legend Guy Lafleur

Montreal Canadiens icon Guy Lafleur will soon have Highway 50 renamed after him. The highway goes past his hometown of Thurso, Que., where this statue of the hockey legend stands. (CBC/Radio-Canada - image credit)Quebec's Highway 50 is being renamed in honour of legendary hockey player Guy Lafleur, who passed away just over a year ago. His mother, Pierrette, said she was one of the first people to be informed by the office of Quebec Premier François Legault that the highway — which runs past Lafleur's birthplace of Thurso, Que. Pierrette Lafleur said she was moved to see that her son's is still so beloved in the community.