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Serving the community since 1871

Year 141, Issue 20

TIMBERWOLVES PULL OUT TIE

The Wolves got to celebrate a few goals in Sunday night’s 5-5 tie against Almonte.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011 • 48 pages

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Imbleau’s to close in January Town’s oldest company shutting down STEVE NEWMAN steve.newman@metroland.com

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Our Lady of Fatima School students and staff had a strong reaction to Eva Olsson’s talk.

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H. Imbleau and Son is one of Canada’s oldest family-owned businesses, but not for much longer. The foundry will cease operations in late January when the remaining staff are let go, says owner Lucy Imbleau. The owner admits it’s hard to pinpoint how old the company is, but it appears Renfrew’s oldest business is nearly as old as the Town of Renfrew, which was incorporated in 1858. A stove front that hangs on the wall in the foundry’s office displays an image of a deer and the date, 1858. It’s from one of the Forest Beauty stoves the foundry developed. Other sources indicate its first letterhead was dated 1867. Fifth-generation Imbleau family members Joshua and Michael work for the foundry, which was founded by French-born Luc Imbleau following his arrival in Renfrew, perhaps in the early 1860s. Unable to read or write, he started the business, after working at the St. Maurice Ironworks foundry in Trois Rivieres, Que., with the help of his convent-educated wife, Henrietta, who handled translations and business transactions. See ‘RENFREW FOUNDRY’, Page 2

Mercury photo by Peter Clark

SURFING THE NET Jacob Crilly, left, of the Renfrew Collegiate Raiders, and Justin McNulty of the St. Joseph’s Jaguars (10) are airborne during the Renfrew County senior boys volleyball final Thursday. The Raiders captured the senior crown while the Jaguars took top junior honours.

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