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Keith Munro — Celebration of life, August 1

Come and celebrate the life of Keith "Greaser"...

Community breakfast at St. George’s Anglican Church, May 9

Free community breakfast on Saturday, June 13...

Come out for Almonte Celtfest’s 30th anniversary edition July 3-5!

Almonte Celtfest is celebrating their 30th anniversary...

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Letter from Paris: Hot Times for Seniors in Paris

by Keith Spicer Planning to let loose on that long-dreamt getaway to the City of Light? You can probably handle sightseeing yourself with a good guidebook or, better, a professional guide, but...

Who’s left on the right?

“Well, the one on the right was on the left And the one in the middle was on the right And the one on the left was in the middle And the...

Bill Chapman weekly column By the Way to end

After 7 years of loyally contributing to the Millstone, Bill Chapman has decided to end his weekly columns. Bill was one of our first contributors, sending us weekly Friday...
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Return to the beginning

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. All day I have peculiarly been reminded of places and things which, after four decades in Almonte, reflect where...

What’s the news?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Whenever I visited the late Raymond A. Jamieson, QC the first thing he'd ask is, "What's the news?"...

Life:  It’s a job

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Most people wouldn't consider life to be a job.  Perhaps we should.  After all many of us derive...

Habit

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Habit is the poor cousin of tradition and ritual.  Its career has forever been undistinguished.  At its worst...

Things I’d never care to admit

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The so-called underbelly of humanity - that dark, seamy and often vulnerable side - is not exactly topical though...

Serenity

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When asked what he wanted for Christmas or his birthday or Father's Day, my late father invariably and...

Do we ever grow up?

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The passage of time and our growth and development are so unnoticeably incremental that we find it hard to fathom...

Do what I can

by  L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Step aside, pusillanimous rogues!  Make way for those hungry for enterprise! I’m all about P&V!  I have no intention...

The Inductive Leap

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The real danger of an inductive leap is not that there might in fact be a black swan;...

The Gentlemen of Lanark County

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When I casually shared with others that I had lately composed an article about the "Ladies of Lanark...

The Ladies of Lanark County

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Last evening I was thrown into the mix of about one hundred people at a retirement party.  Apart...

The movies that we know…

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Lately I have been reflecting upon my past.  What intrigues me is the intensity which derives from inconsequential events...

Collecting my thoughts

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. 'Bertrand Russell: One of the advantages of living in Great Court, Trinity, I seem to recall, was the...

Things I like about Mississippi Mills

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. My sensitivity to the advantages of living in Mississippi Mills is fortunately not sparked by deprivation ("You don't know...
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