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Lawn bowls for sale

Own your own Taylor lawn bowls. One...

Pinehurst: Jane Jacobs and the positive side of Nimbyism

I attended the December 2, 2025 public...

Gingery Pork and Snap Pea Stir Fry

by Susan Hanna This recipe from Bon Appetit...

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Calling all new residents to Mississippi Mills

Welcome. It’s so nice to meet you. It can be scary moving to a new town, but rest assured you have chosen wisely—your life is going to change for...

Reader comments on importance of volunteers

I was really pleased to see the News article published on the Mississippi Mills municipal website entitled From the Office of the Mayor – National Volunteer Week – April...

Reader supports heritage status for Pinehurst

I would like to add my support for the recent article advocating "heritage status” for the Pinehurst property. I had no idea this property had such a historic and...

Rental housing availability in Almonte for seniors

I would like to add my voice to the plea from Al Jones and his friends and colleagues for access to more rental accommodations...

Where are apartments for seniors in Almonte?

During recent discussions with friends and colleagues, the lack of new apartment construction in Almonte was raised. Home construction appears booming but new rental...

Artificial light pollution, or ‘ALAN’

by John Clinton In a recent essay published in Harper's magazine (In Pursuit of a Good Night's Sleep) the journalist/writer Rowan Jacobsen describes his struggles...

Rebound has closed. Should we care?

We are concerned to hear that Rebound in Almonte has closed. Its function of recycling/reusing household items, rather than having them sent to the landfill, is...

Give seniors a break

by Jim Moore We seniors don’t get enough respect. We are accused in some quarters of being the generation that has polluted our planet, caused...

Canada loses a premier military historian

by Peter Usher Canada is the poorer this week with the loss of Tim Cook, our premier military historian.  He was a dedicated researcher, a fine...

A missing ingredient in our daily news

Jim Moore I’m old enough to remember straight factual reporting of news events on television. No political slant to it – no embellishment of it...

Revisiting Canada’s Constitution

Almonte resident James Moore is a retired military officer and a former Assistant Deputy Minister of the Government of Canada. The Canadian Constitution may prove...

Ideas for governing and the public service at the national level

by James Moore ABOUT ORGANIZING FEDERAL MINISTRIES. Establishing and re-engineering Federal Ministries should not be based on political ideology as it has been in the past....

Cell phone tower at the fairgrounds

I’m so disappointed about the planned cell tower beside the Almonte Fairgrounds.  See this information. We wrote letters of concern to the town several years...

A note of thanks to Fairview Manor

My husband is a patient at Fairview Manor. I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the recreation program...

Reflections on Remembrance Day

by Stephen Brathwaite I went to the Remembrance Day service today and was reminded that no matter how long I've been here (51 years) the...

The privatization of healthcare and the Trojan Horse

I was at a protest in Almonte last Tuesday morning. Like all the protests I’ve ever been part of, it was a sociable occasion....

A vision for the future of our town and reasons for optimism

by Angus Affleck Almonte is undeniably changing. The projected population growth over the next decade is fairly astounding and may naturally provoke some concern among...

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