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Ma Maison Rona is a French Canadian reality television series based on New Zealand series Mitre 10 Dream Home, which debuted in 2004 on French language channel TVA. [28] The show was the French counterpart to Rona Dream Home. [29] The show has two families compete to build the best house for $100,000 over the course of 10 weeks.
In September 2003, Rona Inc. acquired Réno-Dépôt; following the merger, the Ontario-based Building Box stores were re-branded as Rona Home & Garden. [4] The purchase was part of a plan to establish more "big box" stores to accompany its smaller specialty outlets and compete with the U.S.-based chain The Home Depot. [5]
Some of Rona's locations were converted to the Lowe's banner. In November 2022, Lowe's announced that it would sell its Canadian operations to Sycamore Partners for $400 million. Following the completion of the sale in 2023, Sycamore began to phase out the Lowe's brand in Canada, replacing it with the new Rona banner Rona+.
Rona, a diminutive of the Russian male given name Aaron; Rona Ambrose (born 1969), former interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons; Rona Anderson (1926–2013), Scottish stage, film, and television actress; Rona Anggreani (born 1995), Indonesian actress and former member idol group ...
Joseph Quesnel (15 November 1746 – 2 or 3 July 1809) was a French Canadian composer, poet and playwright. Among his works were two operas , Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile ; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera and probably of North America.
Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel, QC (French pronunciation: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst kɛnɛl]; February 4, 1785 – July 28, 1866), was a lawyer, businessman and politician in Lower Canada (now Quebec). He was a member of the Legislative Assembly and the Executive Council of Lower Canada.
Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to: Places. Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme ...
Quesnellia, or the Quesnel terrane, is a terrane in British Columbia, Canada; constituent of the Canadian Cordillera. It formed volcanic arc during the Mesozoic era, in the Triassic and Jurassic periods. [1] The Quesnel terrane forms part of the Intermontane superterrane along with the Stikinia and Cache Creek terranes. [2]