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Motorcycle riding gear for sale

Olympia motorcycle riding suit. Excellent condition. Size...

Presentation on spreading of municipal waste on agricultural land

On Tuesday evening, August 25th, we had...

Open house for new executive townhomes and apartments in Almonte

A new townhome development in downtown Almonte...

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Presentation on spreading of municipal waste on agricultural land

On Tuesday evening, August 25th, we had a chance to present in front of council to discuss the spreading of municipal waste on agricultural land bordering the Indian River....

Thank you

On Saturday Evening, July 25th, I spent some time in the filled-to-capacity Almonte Hospital Emergency Room for an increasingly severe abdominal pain which, as I would learn early the...

Thanks to a Caring Community

Many thanks to all those who responded to my article in the Millstone last month on helping a new Syrian refugee family settle in Almonte. A number of generous...
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Strong community support for bike lanes

by Robin Sukhu In July 2020 our municipality asked the public for their input on their “Strategic Plan”.  The town’s email said: “We now want...

Strategic Plan or Political Document?

by Robin Sukhu Over the past few months Council has been working on a Strategic Plan.  My expectation was that this plan would be focused...

Reconciliation takes a step back in Beckwith Township

The word “Sq**w” has become known throughout North America as a racist slur that is deeply offensive to Indigenous people.  When town councils are...

Reader questions MPP Hillier’s COVID views

Letter to the Editor ---- The errors and ignorance displayed in Mr. Hillier’s recent monologue “Upholding My Oath of Office” left me speechless. From Mr. Hillier’s Sept,...

A note of thanks to good neighbours

Gill and Chris Morris appreciate the support they are receiving from their friends and neighbours during a difficult time, and are grateful for the...

How’s that workin’ for you?

David Frisch, for the Residents for Safe Trails On October 5, 2018, the Ottawa Valley Rail Trail opened.  Many people in Almonte opposed making it a...

Mill Run residents concerned about proposed development

The Mill Run neighbourhood is rapidly changing and a proposed change to the Plaza where the Rexall Drug Store is causing concern for the...

A thank-you to Mill Street’s Tea and Cake

We were celebrating a 90th Birthday over the weekend and had few people in. They travelled from the Bruce Peninsula, Kingston and Toronto. We had...

Mill Street eyesore

Letter to the Editor I cannot help but glance with sadness each time I walk downtown to see the vacant lot across from Coady Car...

A Métis leader and Almonte resident speaks out

by Tony Belcourt I would first like to thank Edith Cody-Rice for her article to expose the ugly racist situation faced by the Doiley-LaVictoire...

Kindness during COVID

A reader sends me this lovely letter: This is a story of gratitude to share, about how a couple went out of their way to...

Health care workers near burnout?

The mental, physical and personal stresses that our health care providers have endured over the past 4 months has been tremendous. The constant of being...

Hats off to the Library

Hats off to the skeleton crew at the Mississippi Mills Public Library for establishing safe, no-contact curbside pick-up for library patrons a few weeks...

Covid-19: ‘Herd immunity’ misinformation

We have heard from certain groups and even other countries that, if we let people be infected with Covid-19, they will become ‘herd immune’. It...
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