100 year old church in NL in the running for Canada’s Next Great Save
There’s a nearly 100 year old church on the Port au Port Peninsula in NL that is running in a national contest for $50,000 worth of renovations.
The Painted Lady Project initiative by Our Lady of Mercy Church is into its final days of voting, which ends May 6. Committee member Lynn MacDonald says this awe-inspiring building was built by a community of fishermen, farmers, and miners and turns 100-years-old next year. It’s the tallest standing wooden structure in the province. The contest is dubbed, “The Next Great Save” and is through the National Trust for Canada.
Other stories in this CKVB Newscast: several business closures in Corner Brook this month, a proposed salt mine in St. George’s gets the green light, and looking for a Mayor for the day for Municipal Awareness Week in Corner Brook.
– With files from Sarah Thompson