( Rob Learn / Metroland )The two surviving Dionne quintuplets are urging officials in northeastern Ontario to preserve the home where they were born, suggesting there is a “moral obligation” to safeguard a part of Canadian history. The Dionne Museum has been closed to the public since the city’s chamber of commerce ceased to run it in 2015. The Canadian History Museum was approached at one point but showed no interest in the home, they said. A sign indicates the next showing of the Dionne quintuplets on display, as tourists from around the world had come to catch a glimpse. “I was born in 1963 and the home was actually brought to North Bay in 1961 so I don’t know North Bay without the Dionne home.

Source: thestar February 09, 2017 20:06 UTC