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For sale: Obstacle course for kids

Double slackline, two lengths of 50 ft....

Walter Faraday — obituary

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

Stationary bike for sale

We have a Sunny stationary bike for...

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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...
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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

Spark Joy by Marie Kondo – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Marie Kondo is the Japanese tidying guru who created an international sensation with her first book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying...

Dogs, cooking, puppets and fan mail: a sneak peek into the life of Ronnie Burkett

by Ilana Reimer One day when Ronnie Burkett was seven years old, he was flipping through the World Book Encyclopedia and it fell open to...

Local author launches latest young-adult novel

Liane Shaw launched her fifth book, Don't Tell, Don't Tell, Don't Tell, at Mill Street Books today as part of the nation-wide Authors for...

‘Festival of Small Halls’ to expand in region this year

The Millstone received this press release today. Festival of Small Halls expands local venue offering for 2016 The festival that brought big names in music to...

Journal Entry: Rosemary Leach

In squished spaces people have to co-operate a bit more. Furrow browed conversations at the café tables are interrupted by someone trying to get by....

The Anvil Parliament: a John Dunn story

It was a well-known fact in Almonte that any youngster who was forced to go to school for ten months of the year could...

General Fine Craft new exhibition

Almonte’s GENERAL FINE CRAFT  begins its 2016 exhibition schedule with a dynamic pairing of new work to the gallery. Both these emerging artists work intuitively...

Citizen features Noreen Young’s Mississippi Mills puppets

Almonte's own Noreen Young has created more than 50 puppets of Mississippi Mills' residents. Noreen is one of Canada's most revered puppeteers and has...

Wrenches and Ladles

by Rosemary Leach This past Saturday I was standing beside a gurney. Across from us stood a tall woman, Arabic ancestry. She wore a baseball shirt...

Blair Paul workshop: “Painting the Early Spring Landscape II”

Don't miss the "Painting the Early Spring Landscape II" workshop at the Mill of Kintail Gatehouse, Mississippi Mills Ontario. This is an acrylic painting workshop...

JazzN.ca celebrates the past and looks to the future of JazzNhouse in Almonte.

by Edith Cody-Rice  JazzNhouse, is the brainchild of Almonte resident Arnie Francis, who with his wife Ingrid Kadoke, has been organizing these concerts for the...

Carriageway Studios: upcoming activities for March

For the Love of Drawing: "Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination" Tim Burton Open drawing sessions Wednesday evenings 7-9 ( til the end of May)...

Rosemary Leach show at the Manx — March 15 to April 13

This exhibition is in one my favorite Ottawa locations, the Manx Pub. A trip to the Manx is a carrot we dangle at the...

Mostly Billy: A John Dunn story

Millhands on our side of the river spoke of our place as ‘the doctor’s house’, and whenever they came to the office they spoke...
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