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Gay Cook’s Quebec Pea Soup

This traditional cold weather soup has been popular since the early voyagers and pioneer days as dried peas were easy to grow and store.   Serves...

On PRATAC, advocacy, and the needs of Miss Mills  

by C.H. Wells Guess Who? What group in our local dominion, Is pledged, to its very last minion, To argue and fight, For each citizen's right – Just so...

John More — obituary

More, John A. Passed away peacefully in the Almonte General Hospital surrounded by his wife and daughters on January 28, 2018. “John” of Almonte, Ontario, in his...

Natural Heritage System is about big players, not landowners

by Gretta Bradley I think there is one thing on which we can all agree: the rules and regulations around making changes to your property...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 27, 2018

by Diana Filer The hippopotamus is the animal most dangerous to human beings in Africa. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Honey...

Why do I like to read the Millstone?

by Christl Stephanblome, Leverkusen, Germany Some time ago I was asked to write for the Millstone about refugees. Nobody reacted to my letters except one. Then a...

What is That … Brown Bird?

Most of the articles we read about birds, and the books we have too, highlight the splendour and colours of the breeding male of...

Rita Hickey – obituary

Hickey, Loretta Rita Bernice (Life member of Holy Name of Mary CWL) It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of mom on January...

The Long Way Home: A Personal History of Nova Scotia by John DeMont

by Edith Cody-Rice  John DeMont is a senior writer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, a man of the semi-old school, that is, young enough to...

Diana’s Quiz, January 27, 2018

by Diana Filer What African animal is most dangerous to human beings? What does the American acronym DACA stand for? What insects have successfully...

Disconcerting Day

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Though I am regularly plagued by the shadow of anxiety it is a stretch to say that when...

Meeting our indigenous neighbours

Renewing Our Friendship Moving Towards Healing and Reconciliation: The Basics by Deane Zeeman Saturday January 13 was bitterly cold. But that did not deter a group of...

Diane Larmour — obituary

Larmour, Diane (nee McNeely) Passed away peacefully with her family at her side in the Fairview Manor (Almonte, ON.) on January 22, 2018. Diane of Carleton Place, Ontario. Loving wife...

Along the river

Trevor Johnston shares this quite gorgeous photo he took with his iPhone today, of the river looking towards downtown. Such a lovely town we have the...

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