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COVID-19: Fort George hosting online book club
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Virgil Stampede cancelled due to COVID-19
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Opinion
Letter: Safe at home after 30-hour flight
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News
COVID-19: Niagara-on-the-Lake extends closures to June 30
Dr. Brown's Pandemic Blog. (Background photo by Rene Bertschi)
News
PANDEMIC BLOG: By Dr. William Brown
Museum
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Museum brings back Doors Open NOTL this fall
Dr. William Brown's blog is at www.lakereport.ca
Opinion
Dr. WIlliam Brown: Priorities in an overwhelming pandemic
NOTL author J. Richard Wright. (Supplied)
Opinion
Humour: COVID-19 and casinos, a match made in hell
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Could old NOTL hospital be used during pandemic?
Reporter Jill Troyer donates blood donor at St. Catharines clinic.
News
COVID-19: NOTLers encouraged to give blood
The Lake Report
News
Editorial: A message to the people of NOTL
Lord Mayor Betty Disero. (File photo/Dariya Baiguzhiyeva)
News
COVID-19: Lord mayor is 'begging' residents to #StayHome during pandemic
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News
COVID-19: This is history: Museum encourages people to journal time in self-isolation
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News
COVID-19: Farmers in limbo waiting for arrival of migrant workers, Wiens says
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Opinion
Letter: Visit website for more on Workers Welcome program
Shaw artistic director Tim Carroll. (Supplied)
News, Entertainment
COVID-19: Shaw cancels all shows up to May 25
Hand sanitizers at Simpson's Pharmacy. (Sourced)
News
COVID-19: NOTL businesses start selling their own hand sanitizers
Teddy bears can be seen in windows across town to show love for the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: Teddy bears spread message of hope
Margot Hickson and Ian Reece wave from behind the glass in their NOTL home. (Kevin MacLean/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: NOTL woman recovering from coronavirus
Jim Bourne, St. Mark’s music director and Edison Singers chorister, with Susan Hall, a local Edison Singers fan, promoter and benefactor, look forward to attending a rescheduled Edison Singers concert in the late spring. (Tim Taylor/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: Singing the praises of choral music
Scott Robinson at his quarantine house in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Family friend and Whirlpool Jet Boats owner John Kinney offered him the place to self-isolate. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: Home sweet home: Stranded NOTLers catch flight home from Peru
Alex Hicks on Wall of Chefs. (Food Network Canada)
News
Alex Hicks brings NOTL cooking to Food Network
Connor Crickmore looks over the tenth tallest mountain in the world in Nepal. While he said it is breathtaking, he is hoping to get home. (Supplied)
News
COVID-19: NOTL native faces mountain of uncertainty in Nepal
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News
BREAKING: Not taking emergency orders seriously? The town can now fine you $750
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News
Town cuts speed limit on troubled Mewburn shortcut
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Snowbirds need to stay home for 14 days
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Opinion
Editorial: Welcome, farm workers. And an opportunity for NOTL hotels
Graham and Angela Lindfield's trawler "Lady Morgana" at Belhaven, N.C., en route to Florida. (supplied)
News
COVID-19: Long-planned adventure ends with unexpected twist
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Opinion
Humour: Self-isolating for the second time. No joke
Cheryl McCormick, professor of psychology and director of Brock’s Centre for Neuroscience said there is increased evidence that walks in nature are particularly beneficial.
News
COVID-19: Brock experts say getting out is good for you
Niagara College is producing 2,000 face shields at the Walker Advanced Manufacturing Centre using laser-cutting technology and computer design tools. (Supplied)
News
COVID-19: Niagara College pitches in to help health care workers
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COVID-19: Niagara confirms first case of virus with no travel history
Brock University
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COVID-19: Brock helping fight pandemic with supplies, expertise
Cast of Charley’s Aunt in a Zoom rehearsal. Top row: Kate Hennigar (assistant stage manager), Diane Konkin (stage manager), Claire Jullien, Rong Fu. Middle row: Peter Fernandes, Marla McLean, Tim Carroll (artistic director and director of Charley’s Aunt), Cameron Grant. Bottom row: Sarena Parmar, Rick Reid, Neil Barclay, Mike Nadajewski. Solo: Patrick Galligan. (Photo by Diane Konkin)
News, Entertainment
COVID-19: Shaw on hiatus, but holding virtual rehearsals
Dr. Robin Williams
Opinion
COVID-19: Expert advice on talking to kids about pandemic
Letter
Opinion
OPINION: Snowbirds, 'get out of the store now'
Dr. William Brown
Opinion
Dr. Brown: How the coronavirus attacks
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Farm is perfect place for workers to self-isolate
B&B association president David Levesque is hearing concerns from many members
News
COVID-19: B&Bs face flurry of cancellations
Regional Coun. Gary Zalepa. (File photo)
Opinion
Zalepa on COVID-19: Flooded with pandemic calls, region opens hotline
Coun. Clare Cameron works from home during self-isolation. (Supplied)
News
COVID-19: NOTL councillor keeps busy at home during self-isolation
Steven Cohen is self-isolating with his mother Suzanne Kert-Cohen (Jill Troyer)
News
COVID-19: NOTLer feels 'fabulous' to be back home
NOTLers Scott Robinson and Chelsea Widdicombe are stuck in quarantine in Peru. (Supplied photo)
News
UPDATED: NOTLers quarantined in Peru, hoping government helps bring them home
Niagara-on-the-Lake town hall. (File photo)
News
COVID-19: Parking fees, tax penalties waived by town until June 30
Fire Chief Nick Ruller. (File)
News
COVID-19: NOTL makes plans for dealing with pandemic
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News
COVID-19: Farmers ready to isolate workers
A scene not often seen in Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Sandtrap pub empty during dinner hours, with chairs all packed up. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: Sandtrap feels the love but forced to close, for now
Photo illustration. (Courtesy of Rene Bertschi, Skyview Arts Inc.)
News
Town of NOTL declares state of emergency
Editorial
Opinion
Editorial: Snowbirds: Stay in self-isolation!
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News
Beds from Upper Canada Lodge could go to Fort Erie
Maureen and Byron Dodd and kids Logan and Maryna sell flowers in Virgil on Saturday. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: NOTL greenhouses devastated by mass Easter flower cancellations
People lined up to get into Phil's Valu-Mart in Virgil on Saturday after the store started enforcing a 30-person limit on customers in the store. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19: Valu-Mart owner has 'zero tolerance' for complaints about 30-customer limit
Darci Prieur accepts a Gold Plunger for Big Head Winery. (Golden Plunger)
Entertainment, Featured
The Golden Plunger: Big Head Wines
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Disero has a message for snow birds returning to NOTL
Newark Neighbours is running low on some essential items. (File photo)
News
Newark Neighbours food bank running low on items, donations encouraged
The federal government announced Friday night that it will ease travel restrictions for seasonal migrant workers. But they will have to self-isolate for 14 days. Full details of when they will arrive are still to be announced.  (File photo) 
News
Updated: COVID-19: Canadian government to ease travel restrictions for seasonal farm workers
A raccoon with distemper was found on Mississagua Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Sunday. The virus is fatal for raccoons. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
NOTL samaritans stop to help blind raccoon
Gail Kendall in Bali. (Supplied/Gail Kendall)
News
COVID-19: 'Stuck' in Bali and trying to get home to NOTL
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News
Man, 52, killed in Falls hit and run
The Niagara North Stars celebrate their Game 5 playoff-clinching win at home against the Buffalo Regals. The victory qualified them for the OMHA finals in Belleville and a chance at playing in the OHL Cup. (Supplied)
News
A season to remember: COVID-19 pandemic slams door on talented hockey team’s dream year
The Lake Report
News
Lake Report to reduce print copies to help prevent spread of COVID-19
Newark Neighbours staff receive a donation from The Scottish Loft. (Supplied photo/Simon Bentall)
Opinion
Letter: Now is the time to pull together
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Opinion
Letter: Can we all just stop hoarding? It's not necessary
Dr. William Brown. (Supplied)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: We all need to do our part on COVID-19
Martin Mazza pictured inside his restaurant Italian Pizza and Subs shared his appreciation for the Facebook group NOTL 4 All in bringing the community closer. (Julia Sacco/Special to Niagara Now)
News
COVID-19 pandemic brings community together
NOTL Today administrator Julia Buxton-Cox has opened the group up to advertisements to help businesses during the COVID-19 closures. (File photo)
News
NOTL Today promoting area businesses
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Opinion
Letter: When the going gets tough
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News
Council enacts election-time bylaw to allow Lord Mayor and CAO to make decisions during COVID-19 crisis
Interim CAO Sheldon Randall is in self-isolation after returning from a personal trip. (Dariya Baiguzhiyeva/File)
News
Town's CAO, two councillors forced to self-isolate
NOTL resident Diane Pietrias Monday morning at Simpson's Pharmacy during hours reserved for senior shopping
News
Simpson's Pharmacy launches special hours just for seniors during pandemic
NOTL resident Terry Frawley and his dog Saorise keeping up with their daily visits to the Queen Street Starbucks. (Jessica Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
Open, closed, changed: NOTL businesses adapt to new reality
EDITORIAL
Opinion
Editorial: It's time to put others first
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News
State of emergency won't affect police operations, says Niagara Regional Police chief
The Irish Harp Pub St Patrick's Day celebrations are being postponed. (File photo)
News
Irish Harp St. Patrick’s Day celebrations postponed, will still go on when things are ‘back to normal,’ staff says
Migrant workers won't be allowed into Canada with the closure of borders to non-citizens and non-permanent residents. (File photo)
News
Closing border to seasonal workers 'devastating' for Niagara farmers, Wiens says
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Niagara Health opens COVID-19 assessment centre in Niagara Falls 
Tim Jennings, executive director of the Shaw Festival. (Supplied)
News, Entertainment
COVID-19: Shaw cancels first month of season
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News
Pandemic: Town of NOTL closes administration buildings, cancels committees and public meetings
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News
Niagara casinos close amid COVID-19 pandemic
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News
Pandemic: Newark neighbours suspends shopping and drop-offs, food bank still active
Photo illustration. Photo courtesy of Rene Bertschi. (Niagara Now)
News
Two Sisters first NOTL winery to close public operations amid COVID-19 pandemic
Experts believe the Niagara Falls will dry up in about 2,000 years. (Sourced photo)
Featured
History Unveiled: The story of Niagara Falls: Part 1
Royal Oak students spend the morning learning about financial literacy. (Supplied photo)
News
Royal Oak Student Report: Financial literacy with Meridian Bank
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News
Pandemic: Niagara Falls closes city facilities, encourages preventive measures due to COVID-19
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News
Pandemic: Town of NOTL facilities, businesses close over COVID-19 threat
Try this sticky toffee pudding recipe. (Sourced)
Entertainment
Cooking with Collin:A sticky, sweet treat
Inside the clock tower. (Jim Smith/Niagara Now)
Featured
Exploring Photos with Jim Smith: Inside the clock tower: Part 2
Jaclyn Willms demonstrates a V-Sit. (Supplied/Stay Fit NOTL)
News, Entertainment
Stay Fit NOTL: March break abs on the go
Chautauqua cottages in full regalia. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Chautauqua on the lake
Photo courtesy of Pixabay.
News
Pandemic: Niagara College suspends all on-campus classes due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) threat
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News
UPDATED: Pandemic: Town of NOTL 'partially activates' Emergency Operations Centre due to COVID-19 threat
Nurses are doing more work than ever. (Pixabay)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Nurse practitioners have an increasingly important role to play
The future of Earth is destined to be much different than it is today. (Sourced)
News, Featured
Dr. Brown: What the future holds: Part 1
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Opinion
Letter: Short-term rentals add value
Maansi Gandhi-Malhotra (on left), Achal Litt and Maggie Adam sporting her German ball cap in front of the Litt poster presentation on India. (Supplied/Leslie Moulson)
News
NOTL Sparks learn about different cultures
Carly DeLorme helps brew up some beer on International Women’s Day at Niagara College. (Jessixa Maxwell/Niagara Now)
News
Niagara College brews a special batch for International Women’s Day 2020
​​​​​​​Angelo Recine's car spun out on York Road after he T-boned another car that didn't stop at the stop sign at the intersection of York Road and Concession 6 Road. (Supplied/Angelo Recine)
News
Concerns raised after bad crash at York and Concession 6
Pete Buis points out new sensors on pruning machine
News
Innovation in Wine Country: Part 3: Sensors make pruning grapevines easier
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Opinion
Letter: A bold parking solution
Steve Merker, vice president of The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Lord Mayor Betty Disero and Steve Cohen. (Supplied photo)
News
Steve’s Cycle Paths raise more than $10 million for cancer research
Grade 5 Crossroads students Fiona Bell and Eliana McManus, who also started their own eco club at the school, sell eco-friendly products at the event. (Dariya Baiguzhiyeva/Niagara Now)
News
Crossroads home show a community hit
Water rates will remain the same this year. (File photo/Dariya Baiguzhiyeva)
News
No increase on water bills in 2020
Andrew Niven presents the Company of the Year Award to Niagara Trailers. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
News
Spirit of Niagara awards bigger and better than ever
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Opinion
Editorial: Time to consider the big picture
Board of director’s chair Peter Jewett, executive directo Tim Jennings, artistic director Tim Carroll and treasurer Kevin Patterson at the annual general meeting last Friday. (Dariya Baiguzhiyeva/Niagara Now)
News
Shaw Festival sees $500K surplus
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News
Major Bust: Falls police seize multiple weapons and $430,000 in illegal drugs
A female resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake was taken for $232,145 in 2019 as the result of a romance scam. (Sourced image)
News
NOTLer lost $232K to ‘romance’ scam in 2019
Re-enactors show what officers’ dinners would have looked like in the War of 1812 for the people in the upper class. (Dariya Baiguzhiyeva/File photo)
News, Featured
History Unveiled: Who really won the War of 1812?
Evelyn Zhuge, store supervisor, accepts the Golden Plunger for The Ice House Winery. (Golden Plunger)
News, Featured
The Golden Plunger: The Ice House Winery
Supplied photo.
News
Remembering NOTL's first female Citizen of the Year
(Supplied/Priya Litt)
News
NOTL Sparks celebrate culture day
Jaclyn Willms and Danielle Lepp demonstrate a Foam Roll. (Supplied/Stay Fit NOTL)
Featured
Stay Fit NOTL: Recovery and repair
Delicious homemade cajun shrimp. (Supplied/Collin Goodine)
Entertainment
Cooking with Collin: Cajun Shrimp a crowd pleaser
NOTL’s Paul and Dawn Jacot, on the deck of the Queen Mary 2, along with The Lake Report. (Supplied/Paul and Dawn Jacot)
Entertainment
Hometown Traveller: The Queen Mary 2
Inside the clock tower. (Jim Smith/Niagara Now)
Featured
Exploring Photos with Jim Smith: Inside the clock tower
MPP Wayne Gates. (Richard Harley/File photo)
News
Gates fights for mental health funding for Niagara
Ross MacIntyre plays the double bass and is currently performing with the orchestra at the Shaw Festival Theatre. (Brittany Carter/Niagara Now)
News
All about the bass: Ross MacIntyre has built an award-winning career. Now he’s bringing his talent to the Shaw Festival
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Opinion
Letter: Business improvement area better than accommodation tax
Downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Rene Bertschi, Skyview Arts Inc.)
Opinion
Letter: Other communities are watching us, what will we show them?
Thom's brilliant Watchill House could not be built in NOTL. (Supplied)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Doing the right thing wrong
Supplied photo.
News
Obituary: Morrison, Barbara Joan
Lakeview Vineyard Equipment owner Joe Pillitteri shows new vineyard equipment at a trade show. (Jill Troyer/Niagara Now)
News
Innovation in Wine Country Part 2: Lakeview Vineyard Equipment leads the way
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Opinion
Letter: Yes, short-term rentals are hollowing out NOTL
The intersection at Glendale is being redesigned. (Brittany Carter/Niagara Now)
News
Redesigned intersection to help vehicles get to QEW
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Opinion
Editorial: Police should take scam calls more seriously
The owner of this NOTL house, William Steward, signed a petition for the release of runaway slave Solomon Moseby. His wife Susannah might have been among the women blockading the carriage that Moseby was to be transported in, though no documentation exists to prove her participation. (File photo)
News
Stories of black history in NOTL: Solomon Moseby
William Lyon Mackenznie. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: W.L. Mackenzie Part 2 of 2
William Lyon Mackenzie. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: W.L. Mackenzie Part 1 of 2
(Supplied/Pixabay)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Tender fruits
(Supplied/Niagara Historical Society and Museum)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Swimmers of Lake Ontario
(Supplied/Niagara Historical Society and Museum)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Mural Project
The collapse of Honeymoon Bridge in 1938. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: When the river stopped flowing
Brock’s Monument in Queenston. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Davids in the 20th Century
Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids circa 1920. (St. Davids Ratepayers Association/Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Davids in the 20th Century
Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids circa 1920. (St. Davids Ratepayers Association/Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The Early Years
The Lake Report makes great wrapping paper. (Lauren O'Malley/Niagara Now)
News, Entertainment, Opinion
Wrap your gifts with The Lake Report
An illustration of the ghost of Sarah Ann by Conor MacNeil. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Ghost stories of NOTL
240 Centre St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The John Breakenridge homes
Spring daffodils covered in snow after an ice storm hit the Niagara region April 15.
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara’s History Unveiled: The summer that never arrived
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara’s History Unveiled: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
St. Vincent de Paul Church, built in 1834.
News, Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Vincent de Paul Graveyard
The owner of this NOTL house, William Steward, signed a petition for the release of runaway slave Solomon Moseby. His wife Susannah might have been among the women blockading the carriage that Moseby was to be transported in, though no documentation exists to prove her participation.
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Solomon Moseby
Four sights on Queen St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake — Exchange Brewery (the former Bell Exchange Building), the old Court House, a coat-of-arms on top of Natasha Bradley (former customs building) and the clock tower cenotaph. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: A stroll down Queen St.
"Miss Rye's" Our Western Home. (Canadian Illustrated News, Dec. 6, 1879)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Our Western Home
Elizabeth Ascher. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Four notable women of NOTL
Colonel John Butler. (Wikimedia Commons)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Colonel John Butler
An inscription on Parliament Oak school. (Niagara Now)
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Parliament Oak School
Henry Paffard. (Supplied photo)
News
Niagara’s History Unveiled: Henry Paffard and the Niagara Apothecary
The Queen's Royal Hotel in NOTL. (Supplied photo)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The Queen's Royal Hotel
Niagara Falls New Year's Eve celebrations will be hosted by Rick Mercer and aired live on CBC. (Sourced photo)
News, Entertainment
New Year's Eve comes back with a bang
244 King St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Submitted photo)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Exploring the history and people of 244 King St.
Restored photo of the Queen St. train station in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Photo provided by the Niagara Historical Society and Museum.)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The train of NOTL
Janet Carnochan. (Supplied photo)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The woman behind Canada's first purpose-built museum
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