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The chain was formed in 1859 in St. John's, Newfoundland by Charles R. Ayre. Ayre opened his flagship store on Water Street in St. John's in 1859. After Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation in 1949, Ayre's opened some more stores across the province in the 1960s, with locations in Mount Pearl, Carbonear, Corner Brook, and Wabush.
Corner Brook (2021 population: 19,333 [1] CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the largest outside the Avalon Peninsula .
Fall 2018: Dollarama opened in a portion of the former Target store in the Corner Brook Plaza in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador; Late Fall 2018: Indigo Books and Music, Uniqlo, The Rec Room, and the Food District (upscale food court) replaced the Target location at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga. All stores and restaurants ...
Near the mouth of the Humber River, appropriately named "Humber Mouth", is the city of Corner Brook (2011 pop.: 19,886), as well as several neighboring suburbs. The Humber River was used for many years to float logs down to the Bay of Islands where a large Bowater pulp and paper mill at Corner Brook turned them into paper products.
In 1956, Curling amalgamated with three other communities (Humbermouth, Townsite and Westside) on the south side of the Humber Arm to form the city of Corner Brook. The Western Star , the main newspaper for the west coast of Newfoundland, was founded in Curling in 1900.
James P. Walsh (born 1949) is a businessperson and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Conception Bay East – Bell Island in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1989 to 2003. [1] [2] He was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. Walsh married Barbara Best; the couple had four children. [3]
Lark Harbour is small fishing community on the western coast of Newfoundland, on the south side of the Bay of Islands, and west of the City of Corner Brook. Combined with neighbouring York Harbour, there is a population of about 880. Blow Me Down Provincial Park lies on the boundary between the two communities.
CFCB (570 kHz) is an AM radio station in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.It broadcasts at a power of 10,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night. Owned by Stingray Group, CFCB first went on the air on October 3, 1960.