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Celebrating creativity and community: Casey Gayton wins the 2026 Noreen Young Award for the Arts

Puppets Up! is thrilled to share some...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 27, 2026

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Fashioning Identity: Clothing and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community of the Mississippi Valley

On Sunday, June 7, the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s virtual exhibition “Fashioning Identity: Clothing and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community of the Mississippi Valley” launched as part of the Digital Museums...

Flooding closes Highway 29 at Pakenham

Heavy rain overnight has flooded a stretch of Highway 29 on the way into Pakenham, by the train bridge. A tweet from the OPP says the road's reopening time...

Council appoints Rickey Minnille deputy mayor

by Edith Cody-Rice In a council meeting lasting only twenty minutes, including the singing of O Canada, Rickey Minnille was chosen as the deputy mayor of Mississippi Mills to hoots...
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Prescott family meets PM Trudeau on music train

ADHS grad Kelly Prescott, a noted Canadian musician, has been travelling the country recently on CP Rail's Canada 150 Train.  Earlier this week Kelly, with...

Sun shines on 159th Almonte Fair

by Brent Eades The weather couldn't have been better for day two of the 159th edition of the Almonte Fair. Skies were sunny and temperatures moderate,...

Noreen Young puppets on display in Canada’s Museum of History

by Brent Eades Almonte puppeteer and Puppets Up founder Noreen Young has two of her caricature puppets on permanent display at the Canadian Museum of...

Khodor Jarous caters large school board event

Khodor Jarous recently catered a luncheon in Ottawa for 115 staff of the Ottawa Catholic School Board. The feedback from luncheon goers was very...

Reflections on the school year — proud to be a Thunderbolt

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was submitted by Grade 10 ADHS student Pippa Norman. It recounts a big year of achievement at our local high...

Former farmers hung on the Grandstand!

by Marilyn Snedden  Last week another major change took place at the North Lanark Agricultural Society grounds, commonly known as the Almonte Fairgrounds. The murals once located...

John Dunn: Almonte’s storyteller

EDITOR'S NOTE: I hear from readers asking who John Dunn is and how he came to write the lovely local stories we publish here...

Local MPP Jack MacLaren turfed from Tory caucus

by Edith Cody-Rice Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren has been turfed from the Tory caucus and will not be a Conservative candidate in the...

Next phase of Riverwalk in final planning stages

by Brent Eades The first phase of Riverwalk was largely completed by 2010 and has been a much-valued addition to our community. Phase Two is drawing...

Patrick Caron: Renaissance Teen

“A man can do all things if he will.” -Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72)—the first Renaissance man by Heather Atkinson First Impressions I first meet 15-year-old Patrick Caron on...

Stalwart walkers take part in ‘Hike for Hospice’ at Kintail

by Brent Eades First of all, snow in May in Ontario should be forbidden by provincial legislation. It apparently isn't, because we saw some brief bouts of...

Riverwalk fans turn out for plaque unveiling Saturday

by Brent Eades A small but cheery crowd turned out in raw, wet weather Saturday to watch the unveiling of a plaque listing donors who...

Al and Shirley’s composting service shuts down

With great regret, we have closed the compost bin, leaf and burn pile at Union & Carss Street, Almonte due to Al's recent broken...

Almonte on CTV list of ‘small Canadian towns worth a visit’

by Brent Eades Well, this is almost getting embarrassing. Once again Almonte appears on a list of top destinations for travellers seeking a lovely and authentic...
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