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Walter Faraday — obituary

Faraday, Walter Robert May 16, 1935 – June...

Stationary bike for sale

We have a Sunny stationary bike for...

Dining table for sale

This solid wood table, crafted from Old...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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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 magical community news. On Friday, June 26, representatives from the festival attended the Almonte District High School graduation to present the second...

Tait McKenzie students curate book list for National Library Collection

Students at R. Tait McKenzie Public School are helping shape a future national library collection, curating a list of Canadian books for a new public space led by Library and Archives Canada...

Join the Almonte Legion Pipe Band — beginner lessons start this October

Have you always been captivated by the sound of bagpipes or the beat of drums? Now’s your chance to learn. The Almonte Legion Pipe Band is welcoming new members...

An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Noted Quebec weaver sets up at Carriageway

Marie-France Gosselin L’Atelier Weaving Studio Tissage Workshops and Weaving Supplies at Carriageway Studios, Almonte by Chandler Swain Marie-France Gosselin has set up her new loom at Carriageway Studios...

The Uncle: A John Dunn story

About John Dunn First came the Uncle. Like Ulysses, returned from the campaign against the Trojans, and the disaster of the Trojan Horse in assault,...

Almonte Fair: 1894

Back in 1894 a local photographer, James Townend, took this immediately recognizable shot of the Almonte fairgrounds during the fair: I have several photos from...

Another great Celtfest weekend

by Brent Eades As they have for the past two decades, music fans descended on town to enjoy a range of Celtic-inspired acts from the...

Textile Museum hosts “Quilt for Canada 125”

This fabulous 17-foot-square quilt was the product of a collaboration between “Canada Quilt” magazine and the National Capital Commission to celebrate the 125th anniversary of...

JazzNhouse enters 2017-18 season with acclaimed jazz artists

For the sixth year in a row, the JazzNhouse concert series will be giving Mississippi Mills audiences an earful – of great, live jazz,...

The Legend of ‘Sir John A’ — a John Dunn story

NOTE TO READERS: John Dunn was a well-known local historian and storyteller, born in 1919 and the son of an Almonte doctor. John passed...

Area musicians to perform at renowned Canadian art gallery

Tom Thomson musical weekend with Kathryn Briggs and Terry Tufts at the McMichael gallery includes world premiere by The Algonquin Ensemble by RocketChimp Media staff Thanks to...

‘Florescence’ show at General Fine Craft

Mary Pfaff and Andrea Vuletin: Florescence, Spring to Summer Spring is the season we anticipate all winter long. Watching plants sprout from the earth brings...

Shearing sheep at Forest Row

Marcia Taylor send these poetic observations on a recent sheep-shearing at Ashton. The helpers don their woollen gear and gather round the pen, To watch some...

Adrienne Dagg show at Sivarulrasa Gallery

Adrienne Dagg, "Public Spaces" at Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte A solo exhibition, June 2 – July 9, 2017 Vernissage/Meet the Artist: Saturday June 10, 3pm-6pm. (With a performance...

Local artists present ‘Canada Wild’ in Ottawa — June 30

Canada Wild Photographer Bill Pratt (www.billprattphoto.com) and composer Ian Douglas of Almonte have a national audience on Friday, June 30th for their music/visual production Canada...

CBC’s “q” interviews Almonte luthier Linda Manzer

by Edith Cody-Rice Almonte Luthier Linda Manzer was interviewed on CBC radio's "q" this morning concerning the Group of Seven Guitars project currently on display...

Bay Hill, circa 1890

by Brent Eades Looking through the more than 700 historic Almonte photos that Michael Dunn shares with me on Almonte.com I came across this very...

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