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Almonte Civitan Community Luncheon, October 1

The Almonte Civitan Community Luncheon will be...

Almonte’s 1st Metis Kitchen Party – Food, Fiddles and Frolic!

Ever been to a Métis Kitchen Party? ...

Three ways to support Home Hospice North Lanark’s hike for hospice this October

This October, Home Hospice North Lanark (HHNL)...

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Diana’s Quiz – September 19, 2026

by Diana Filer 1. From which schools did  Prime Minister Mark Carney graduate and with what degrees? 2.  What religious movement was founded by Madame Blavatsky? 3  .Petrichor is the smell produced...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 12, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  Jack fruit is the largest tree fruit in the world, some weighing up to 40 pounds.  It is related to figs and mulberries. 2.  A quokka is...

Diana’s Quiz – September 12, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  What is jack fruit? 2.  What is a quokka? 3.  What is the 3rd word in the slogan,  ''Reduce, reuse _______? 4.  What is the origin of the word...
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Diana’s Quiz – February 20, 2021

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the brightest star in the sky?. 2.  What is Canada's largest outdoor skating rink? 3.  What Beatles song did Mi'kmaq teenager...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz- February 13, 2021

by Diana Filer 1.  This new year is the Chinese year of the Ox. 2.  St Valentine was a 3rd century Roman who by some...

Diana’s Quiz – February 13, 2021

by Diana Filer 1.  What is this year according to the Chinese/lunar calendar? 2.  Why is February 14 St Valentine's Day? 3.  What quality of peanut oil...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 6, 2021

by Diana Filer 1.  Louise Bernice Halfe, also known by her Cree name Sky Dancer, is Canada's new Parliamentary Poet Laureate.  She is from the...

Diana’s Quiz – February 6, 2021

by Diana Filer Who is Canada's new Parliamentary Poet Laureate? What is Africa's most populous city? Which country is building an island to serve...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, January 30, 2021

by Diana Filer Fomites are any inanimate objects - bed sheets, doorknobs, furniture, paper - that can transmit infectious organisms from one individual to...

Diana’s Quiz, January 20, 2021

by Diana Filer What are fomites? Who said, ‘I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious’? What is the origin of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 23, 2021

by Diana Filer Bagpipe bags are traditionally made of cow hide, and sometimes sheep or elk hide. New York City was the capital...

Diana’s Quiz – January 23, 2021

by Diana Filer What are bagpipe bags traditionally made of? Which two other cities besides Washington, DC, were also the capital of the USA? ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 18, 2021

by Diana Filer 1. 'The Mull of Kintyre' is the southwestern most tip of the Kintyre Peninsula in southwest Scotland. 2. Spongee is a hockey-like game...

Diana’s Quiz – January 16, 2021

by Diana Filer Where is the Mull of Kintyre? What is spongee? What was the most successful slave revolt in history? What was...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 9, 2021

by Diana Filer The ratio of sheep to people in New Zealand is about 7 sheep for every one person. The 'd' in COVID-19...

Diana’s Quiz – January 9, 2021

by Diana Filer What is the ratio of sheep to people in New Zealand? What does the 'd' stand for in COVID-19? What is...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 2, 2021

by Diana Filer 1.  On the 8th day of Christmas, there were 8 maids a-milking, referring to the 8 Beatitudes.  On December 25, the First...
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