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‘Pioneer Days’ at Middleville, August 2

On Sunday, August 2nd, (noon - 4pm),...

R. Tait McKenzie and Naismith collections will stay at Kintail

Editor's Note: The future of the R....

Ed George — obituary

George,  Edward Archibald Passed away peacefully at the Almonte...

Arts & Culture

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

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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

Request a free drawing with Mill Street Books online purchase

My daughter, nick-named Bumblebee (age 11), was born in Almonte and spent some of her first years working in a book store. Hanging out...

The MMPL ‘digital library’ is open!

Details on how to borrow online e-books & audiobooks as well as how to access films via KANOPY are at the digital library page...

No April Humm… but a ‘Daily Dose’

Hi folks — after twenty years of not missing a deadline, we are sad to say that we won’t be publishing an April 2020...

Bad news/good news for next Almonte in Concert show

The BAD news is we have had to change our programme for a third time this season due to circumstances beyond our control. We...

Textile Museum announces new fibre and textile art award

MVTM announces a new fibre and textile art award – apply now! The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) is proud to launch the first KDS Fibre...

LOST: A few friendly faces from our past 

Have you wondered where many of Almonte’s murals have disappeared to? At one time more than 17 friendly faces were speckled across downtown. These...

‘One Day’ by Gene Weingarten

By Brent Eades Gene Weingarten may not be as widely known as he should be. A working journalist since 1972 and currently a columnist with the...

Library offers +30,000 free movies through Kanopy streaming service

With Kanopy, Mississippi Mills Public Library patrons will have access to more than 30,000 films, for free. The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is...

An Artist’s Notes | Sunday Drive

When I was a little kid my parents would take me and my baby brother for drives around the river. We lived in a large...

The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter

by Edith Cody-Rice  I first became aware of Dr. Jen Gunter when the Globe and Mail published a long essay by her on its Folio...

Kudos to Humm Productions for “Who Stole Christmas” show

Glenda Jones The stellar production of “Who Stole Christmas in Mississippi Mills?” was unparalleled!! Author Rob Riendeau and director Kris Riendeau are owed a platinum...

Girls Need Not Apply by Kelly S. Thompson

by Edith Cody-Rice  I ordered this book out of a sense of duty. It is a memoir of a woman who spent 8 years in...

Murdered Midas by Charlotte Gray

by Edith Cody-Rice  When we were young, many of us got the idea, through osmosis, that Canadian history was boring: no civil wars or wars...

The Missing Millionaire by Katie Daubs

by Edith Cody-Rice  Hot on the heels of Charlotte Gray's Murdered Midas comes this tale of a second Canadian magnate, a contemporary of Harry Oakes...
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