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For sale: Saddle, Star Trek VHS tapes. fridge

Please call 613-797-9705 if interested in any...

Sell Out Crowd Attends the Almonte Craft Beer Fest

by Edith Cody-Rice  It was a sunny, pleasantly...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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Tunic Show, August 1st, 2026, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

What started off as any other day, getting together with friends, conversations, laughter, discussions on our struggles and then, of course, what each of us is pursuing or dreaming...

Sell Out Crowd Attends the Almonte Craft Beer Fest

by Edith Cody-Rice  It was a sunny, pleasantly warm evening on Friday, July 24 when the parking lot at the Old Town Hall began to fill up with a capacity...

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,...

An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

New books at the Almonte branch of the MM Library

NON-FICTION The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be: by J B MacKinnon Grain Brain by David Perlmutter FICTION The...

One Summer – America -1927 – Bill Bryson – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice      A book by Bill Bryson is always a delight and this one no less than his others. Mr. Bryson has...

New books at the Almonte branch of the Mississippi Mills library

Among the new books out this week at the Almonte branch of the Mississippi Mills Public Library: NON-FICTION Packing for Mars:  the curious science of life...

Almonte musician Nathan Sloniowski posts “Orange Ribbon” in support of Ukrainian protesters

While hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian protesters are squaring off against riot police in cities across the country on the week of the 10th...

Infinite Air – by Fiona Kidman- book review

by Amelia Gordon Have you heard of Jean Batten? Neither had I and in fact, a first thought that she was a fictional character, but...

Liam the Leprechaun delights children during Almonte Celtfest visit to R. Tait McKenzie school

The children in Ms. Younge’s grade 2 class at R. Tait McKenzie School in Almonte were surprised by the sudden arrival of a very...

Sayward Johnson featured at the Chambers Gallery, November 19 – December 10, 2013

Sayward Johnson will be the featured artist at The Chambers Gallery, Mississippi Mills Administration Building, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte from Tuesday, November 19...

Lives of the Family by Denise Chong – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice In Lives of the Family Ottawa author Denise Chong has written an informative and important book for the history of Canada. Author...

Marion Bridge – review

by Noreen Young  Last night I went to the Almonte Old Town Hall to see the latest offering from the Valley Players – “Marion Bridge”,...

Statue of Canada’s most decorated serviceman created in Mississippi Mills

by Neil Carleton As preparations were being finalized this past week for the 2013 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in Almonte, a memorial for...

Learning in Retirement courses in now in their 4th successful year.

Several Canadian Universities have been giving “Learning in Retirement” programs, consisting of lecture series lasting a few weeks.  These courses are not for University...

Mill Street Books: James Powell and Jill Moxley’s Faking It! – History of Counterfeiting in Canada – November 10

   FAKING IT! A HISTORY OF COUNTERFEITING IN CANADA  Counterfeiting is as old as money itself, and tales of the cunning criminals trying to outsmart the...

The Valley Players present Marion Bridge, a Canadian masterpiece by playwright Daniel MacIvor.

by Vanna Seeitt  Marion Bridge is a touching story about three sisters who reunite at their family home on Cape Breton Island to care for...

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