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Celebrating Solstice Together, June 20

Paddle with Indigenous elder. Drumming, Songs...

Civitan Club Father’s Day breakfast, June 21

Celebrate dad with a legendary breakfast! Almonte...

Sheila Schroeder — obituary

  Schroeder,  Sheila Rose (nee Smith) Passed away at...

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Diana’s Quiz – June 6, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  In which year, on June 6, did the original D-Day occur? 2.  Which plant of the olive family has fragrant pale purple flowers? 3.  Of what critical minerals...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 30, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The opposite of a full moon is a new moon. 2. The Bossa Nova style of samba was invented in Rio de Janiero. 3. The densest population of...

Diana’s Quiz – May 30, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.. What is the opposite of a full moon? 2.  What is a style of samba developed in Rio de Janeiro? 3.  Where in North America is the densest...
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Diana’s Quiz – November 16, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Who is the Canadian artist who painted 'Queen on a Moose'? 2.  Where is the Cabot Trail? 3.  What is a scapular? 4.  Who...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 9, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Plato argued that ruling is a skill and it is rational to entrust it to experts.  In a democracy, power lies...

Diana’s Quiz – November 9, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What did Plato have to say about 'democracy'? 2.  Which country produces the most uranium? 3.  What is an 'inukshuk'? 4.  What are Quebec's...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 2, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  A stook is typically a bundle of wheat, barley or oats set up into sheaves. 2.  Denendeh is the name for the...

Diana’s Quiz – November 2, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What, in farming, is a stook? 2.. Where is Denendeh? 3.  What is the highest point of land in Ontario? 4.  What is Canada's...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 26, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.   Skew whiff comes from the expression skew weft, a term used by British handloom weavers in the 19th century describing a...

Diana’s Quiz – October 26, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the origin of the term ''skew whiff''? 2.  Who is Louis Lortie? 3.  What is the world's oldest mineral? 4.  Which 2...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 19, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Haumea is a dwarf planet, roughly the same size as Pluto. and is egg-shaped.  It was discovered in 2004, and is...

Diana’s Quiz – October 19, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is Haumea? 2.  Who is Zubin Mehta? 3.  What is scree? 4.  Who is to be the new President of the CBC? 5. Who...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, October 12 2024

ANSWERS 1. Rose-Marie is the name of the operetta about the Mounties. 2. BC Conservative party leader John Rustad is that party's candidate for Premier of...

Diana’s Quiz, October 12 2024

QUESTIONS 1.  What is the name of the musical about the RCMP? 2.  Who is BC's Conservative Party leader vying for Premier in the BC election...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 5, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The Welland Canal, connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, circumvents Niagara Falls. 2.  Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa. 3.  Timothy...

Diana’s Quiz – October 5, 2024

by Diana Fiier 1.  Which waterway circumvents Niagara Falls? 2.  What is the judicial capital of South Africa? 3.  Who is the current Premier of Nova Scotia? 4. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 28, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Novelist Saul Bellow was born in Lachine. Quebec. 2.  Goats' eyes have horizontally oblong pupils, to allow them a better range of...
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