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P.E.I. Repair Café held in Stratford

Mitch MacDonald | Posted: Feb. 5, 2018, 6:21 p.m. | Updated: Feb. 5, 2018, 6:29 p.m. | 1 Min Read
Daniel Cousins, president and co-founder of the Charlottetown Tool Library, helps fix a broken strap on a snowshoe for Melissa Belvadi during the Repair Café held at the Stratford Town Hall on Saturday.
Daniel Cousins, president and co-founder of the Charlottetown Tool Library, helps fix a broken strap on a snowshoe for Melissa Belvadi during the Repair Café held at the Stratford Town Hall on Saturday. - Mitch MacDonald

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The Repair Café was held at the Stratford Town Hall on Saturday.

The event, which was hosted by Repair Café P.E.I. in partnership with the library and Town of Stratford, saw more than 50 people come in with broken items to be fixed - from power tools and sewing machines to chairs and other furniture.

Anyone who missed bringing in their broken item may want do so at Charlottetown’s Fix-It Fair at Murphy’s Community Centre on March 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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