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It is time to celebrate the history of Renfrew.The McDougall Mill Museum is holding a celebration on June 23 at OBrien Park.The museum opened its doors 50 years ago, and this year they will be celebrating with cake, live entertainment, activities for
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stanley cup nted to give it back to the museum. The siren had been sold for scrap back in 2002, where it made its way to Toronto, McSheffrey said. When it was returned to us recently, we had it restored by the Renfrew Industrial Commission, Marshalls Welding and Fabrication and Sweet D茅cor. We also had help from Renfrew Hydro and Renfrew Power Generation in reinstalling the siren. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW McSheffrey said the siren is one of the featured artifacts in the museum moving forward, and Reesor will be a guest at the unveiling ceremony.She added that while the siren is an important piece of history, the oldest and largest artifact is the museum itself. The mill, currently housing an ever-expanding collection from Renfrew and area, was built in the mid-1850s by John McDougall and donated by the OBrien and Murray families in 1969. ARTIC Cujo What gets washed U of Guelph prof gives tips on grocery shopping during coronavirus pandemic
The Greater Toronto Area, home to the most expensive child care in the country, also saw the steepest declines in child care enrolment during the pandemics first wave, according to a new report.Released Thursday, the report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, which surveyed more than 11,000 child care providers in 37 cities across the country, found a strong correlation between cities with higher fees and those that had the b
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