Historic Bawcutt Centre Will Be Renovated
Reprinted Verbatim from a Brant County Press Release At its meeting on June 23, 2026, County of Brant Council approved a plan to proceed with renovations to The Bawcutt Centre (formerly the Paris Old Town Hall), located at 13 Burwell Street in Paris. The plan for The Bawcutt Centre involves a partnership with Wingbury Properties, […]
Summer Walking Tours in Paris
Choose from nine Saturday morning guided walking tours of Paris this summer, organized by the Paris Museum & Historical Society. Only $10 each. Note the tours, dates, and times on the poster, and arrive at the specified starting location before departure. If you need more information, call 519-442-9295 during museum open hours (Monday – Saturday, […]
Volunteer Curator Team Recruitment
Volunteer Curator Team Opportunity April 2026 Do you have a passion for history, heritage, and storytelling? The Paris Museum & Historical Society is seeking individuals to serve on a three-person volunteer Curator Team that will bring our community’s past to life by caring for and interpreting our archival and artifact collections. The Curator Team will […]
1900 BIG FIRE AT PARIS, ONTARIO
This article was written by Chris Whelan and originally printed in the Paris Independent newspaper on April 2, 2025. Permission to re-publish the article has been granted. BIG FIRE AT PARIS, ONTARIO.; Business Portion of the Town Destroyed — Loss, $250,000. On the evening of September 12, 1900, a fierce southwesterly wind swept through the bustling streets […]
PARIS PAST: Marching down memory lane: Paris’ glorious Canada Day past
This article was written by Chris Whelan and originally printed in the Paris Independent newspaper on June 24, 2025. Canada Day, previously known as Dominion Day, has long been a cherished tradition in Canada, commemorating the birth of the nation in 1867 with the passage of the British North America Act. One town that truly […]
Then and Now
Some places are gone, some are largely unchanged.