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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 18, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The two Diomede Islands...

Outdoor chairs for sale

Two Faulkner 'zero gravity' chairs in navy,...

Caroline Yuill — obituary

Yuill (nee Drynan), Caroline Ann Peacefully at home...

Arts & Culture

An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Lanark Lit Writing Competition

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NOREEN YOUNG: DRAWINGS & ILLUSTRATIONS at Sivarulrasa Gallery

An exhibition in support of the Noreen Young Award for the Arts Show dates: August 1 – September 4, 2026 Opening Reception: Sunday August 2, 3pm-5pm From August 1 to September 4,...

Maternal Ecologies: Feminist Practices of Motherhood, Land and Creativity

Review by Edith Cody-Rice Maternal Ecologies is an anthology, a combination of artistic and academic expressions of the experience of motherhood, particularly in relation to nature and the land In...

August brings two new exhibitions to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Two new exhibitions are coming to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in August! Attend the vernissage for “Unfinished Journey: Memory, Identity, & Family” by Anne Kelly and “Queer Newfoundland...
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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Lanark Lit Writing Competition

Pick of the Past

Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson

by Edith Cody-Rice An historian at Carleton University once told me that a problem for Canada's historians is that there are not enough people keeping personal...

TWO EXHIBITIONS opening at Sivarulrasa Gallery

The shows run May 31 to July 5, 2024. Combined Vernissage/Artists Reception: Sunday June 2, 2pm-4pm. DEBORAH ARNOLD: TOUCHSTONE, AN INVITATION will run in Galleries I...

CeltFest seeks volunteeers

28th Almonte CeltFest, July 5th, 6th and 7th, 2024. This amazing small-town festival prides itself on being totally operated by volunteers. Specifically, if you are a music...

Almonte Celtfest is back with big energy for 28th edition 

Mark your calendars, make some plans, and tell your friends - Almonte Celtfest is back in Gemmill Park for a fine weekend of family-friendly...

Art in the Attic at the Old Town Hall a smashing success

by Shannon Lee Mannion Here's what the Almonte Area Art Association presented over the Mother's Day weekend in Almonte. The art: Water colours, acrylics, house paint...

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest by Doctors Winemaker and Hsien

by Edith Cody-Rice   Hope for the Best Plan for the Rest was written by two Canadian palliative care doctors who have ushered thousands of patients...

LANARK LIT Writing Competition

Introducing the LANARK LIT Writing Competition — A new program celebrating works of original writing by local literary artists of all ages. Open to anyone...

Net-Work Vernissage at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

by Edith Cody-Rice Last Saturday, April 27, more than 100 admirers turned up at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum to view and celebrate the new...

‘NET-WORK: Weaving a human-nature connection’ at Textile Museum

by Adrian Baker Beneath the forest floor, networks of mycorrhizal fungi connect trees together in a symbiotic system of exchange that supplies water, minerals,...

Civitan Club gift to the community finds a home at the Pakenham library

During Pakenham’s 2023 bicentennial year, the Pakenham and District Civitan Club produced a poster that featured the village of Pakenham. The original art, created by...

Almonte Readers and Writers hosts award winning poets

by Edith Cody-Rice Last Thursday evening, April 11, Almonte Readers and Writers hosted an enthusiastic audience of poetry lovers at Equator Coffee in celebration of...

A pair of poems for spring

Editor's note: Chris Cavan sends these reflections on the arrival of spring in our area: discomposed overture   it’s been a slow dry creeping equinox though no hiding was possible under cover of snow absent patter of rain low...

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at Old Town Hall, April 18-21

by Madison Sonnenburg Almonte District High School Drama Club’s production of Peter and the Starcatcher, directed by Ms. Jennifer Sheffield, is a heartwarming and funny...

An Age of Innocence by Noreen Syme

Editor's Note Noreen Syme grew up in Almonte and currently lives in Carleton Place. Now in her nineties, she recalls her happy childhood in Almonte...
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