by Edith Cody-Rice
Many Almontonians will be aware of the memorial plaques at the intersection of Mill and Bridge Street commenorating the great train crash of December 27, 1942 that...
by Edith Cody-Rice
Many Almonte residents will be surprised to hear that the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid, was raised in the nearby village of Ashton. She met her...
This week, Ontario author Maria Moore gave an eye-opening talk about her family’s experience as Mexican Mennonites for The Covergirls Book Club in Almonte.
She explained why Mennonite colonies from...
by Edith Cody-Rice
Almonte resident and Carleton University Professor Emeritus Don Wiles has written a slender tome of what historians call "belles lettres", a personal...
by Trish Dyer
As a Toronto high school student studying Canadian history, I was fascinated by William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion of Upper Canada...
by Edith Cody-Rice
The title of this compelling account is from a Rimbaud poem about despair and desperation, an apt description of the ordeal faced by the...
On Saturday, October 15,independent booksellers all across the country celebrated Canadian Booksellers Association Independents’ Day—a day designed to promote the importance of locally owned...
by Edith Cody-Rice
The book Ugly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal, and The Blemished History of Looking Good by Ruth Brandon has somehow flown under the...
Mill Street Books
Those who nominated this "small, community minded shop" in Almonte, Ontario, repeatedly sang the praises of owners Mary and Terry. A keen,...