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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.

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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...

An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Full house at 'Almonte's Interwoven Past' film premiere

Saturday night was a night of memories, history and fun! The Town Hall Auditorium was packed for the official documentary film premiere of 'Almonte's...

Hot off the press- Beckwith Rural School Book

by Marilyn Snedden  Archives Lanark is happy to announce that a reprint of the popular Beckwith Rural Schoolbook is now available for a Christmas gift...

Dear Life by Alice Munro – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice In some ways there is little more to say about Alice Munro. She has been described as peerless, one of the great...

Amanda Sears at the Corridor Gallery

Almonte Public Library December 4 2012 to January 10 2013 Amanda Sears is a painter and sculptor living and working in Almonte. Her art work...

The North Star of Herschel Island by Bruce Macdonald – press release

Mill Street Books at 52 Mill Street in Almonte Ontario is now carrying a new book on Canada's Arctic tall ship entitled North Star...

Jack Reacher’s Rules by Lee Child – book review

by Amelia Gordon For the diehard Lee Child fan, this may be a good stocking stuffer at Christmas. Jack Reacher, a Lee Child creation, is...

Local memories offered in new book: Lanark County Kid

Last year, when Arlene Stafford-Wilson wrote her first book of reminiscences, the reaction in the community confirmed that people wanted local history. She realized,...

everybody has everything by Katrina Onstad – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Katrina Onstad has a little of the Alice Munro in her, but it needs honing. everybody has everything, her second novel, deals, as...

PICK OF THE PAST: Almonte Gazette, November 22 1962

This is one of a new monthly series of excerpts from the Almonte Gazette, 1867-2009.  by Brent Eades In November 1962 the number one song was...

Nicole Guthrie to be Puppets Up! festival co-ordinator

At the recent November 20th Annual General Meeting of Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival, it was announced that Nicole Guthrie has been chosen for...

Goddesses transported! at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

     By Michael Rikley-Lancaster, Executive Director/Curator What a fabulous evening! On November 1st at 7pm, 170 guests were swept away: first to the South Pacific and finally...

Local sculptor Dale Dunning in Machines video at Ottawa Chinatown Remixed

by Neil Carleton Christine Mockett is an Ottawa artist who’s chosen ‘occupying a space’ as the theme for her Machine project.  With gaps, barriers, danger,...

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