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Versatile Portfolios Navigator™ provides guaranteed benefits which are payable on death or maturity. No guarantee is provided on surrender or partial withdrawal in respect of Units acquired in the Segregated Funds. The Stonewall Teulon Tribune Thursday, January 12, 2017 3 Fire destroys century old building in Teulon By Natasha Tersigni Fire levelled a Teulon building that has been in the com- Chartrand, who has owned the building since When the new Teulon-Rockwood Centennial munity for 104 years over the weekend, forcing owner Vic- 1982, told the Tribune that he plans on rebuilding Hall was opened in 1967 the building was sold tor Chartrand to have re-build his auto body business. his business. to the Old Swiss and used as a chip factory. Just after midnight on Sunday morning motorists travel- The building was built by the Town of Teulon in In the seventies, the building was turned into ing on PTH 7 spotted fl ames coming out of the roof of Vic’s 1913 and was used as the community hall. A sta- an auto body shop and operated as McKinnon Auto Body Alignment & Brakes, which is located along the ple in the community, its multi-church Sunday Mercury Sales until Chartrand purchased the highway and called 9-1-1. school attracted over 100 students each week. building in 1982. Crews from the Teulon- Rockwood Fire Department re- sponded immediately to try and contain the fl ames and salvage the building. While no other property was affect- Located just ed, it took more than 10 hours for the crew to fully extin- guish the fi re that completely destroyed the building. inside the “The building is a complete loss; it was a very severe fi re. 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O.A.C. TRIBUNE PHOTOS BY LANA MEIER Vic’s Autobody in Teulon was completely destroyed by a weekend fi re. 204-837-8372 3811 Portage Avenue • www.westperimeter.com 4 The Stonewall Teulon Tribune Thursday, January 12, 2017 Annual Balmoral Christmas bird count Submitted by James Duncan A small but determined squad of 25 intrepid binocular-clad bird watchers ventured out in -29 degree Celsius temperature to count birds on Dec.