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A Newfoundland theatre company is getting an early Christmas gift this season, after its owner dug up an array of 19th-century stained glass windows in a St. Johns church basement.

Julie-Ann McNeilly and her brother have spent hundreds of hours bringing new life to Johnny's Store, a shop first built in Namao, Alta., in 1902. The store has been closed since 2018, but inspiration struck the siblings after their father's death and it is set to reopen later this month.

In 1972, the Kings County house that belonged to Anne Renwick's ancestors caught on firebut the home's history liveson, thanks to her donationto a museum