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My husband is a patient at Fairview...

For sale: 1991 Godin 12 String LRBags Acousticaster Guitar

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The Refugee Series – Radwan Mustafa

by Edith Cody-Rice At the beginning of the summer, I started a small series on refugees who have settled in Mississippi Mills. What are their stories and how are they...

Fiddlehead Commons – Almonte’s new cohousing project

by Edith Cody-Rice   Cohousing is a concept that might be described as "condos with heart" and a project is coming to Almonte.  Last week, the Millstone sat down with...

The Refugee Series – Vitalina Zhyryk

by Edith Cody-Rice Left to Right: Vitalina and Ingrid in Ingrid's garden. If  you can imagine  stories of chance encounters that have changed a life, not too many are more amazing...
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The Hub’s Razzamatazz, 50 Years of Fabulous Fashions a stunning success.

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Hub, Mississippi Mills' not for profit retail shop.   It opened its doors at 66...

Wishing our readers a safe and happy Christmas

by Brent Eades Another year is almost done. As I look back on the stories we reported in 2018 I see a lot of happy...

Letter from Germany 10 – Integration

by Christl Stephanblome Refugees are still coming, risking their lives  by crossing the Mediterranean Sea. With them come their dreams and hopes: education, work, security,...

Letter from Germany 9 – Germany adjusts to the huge influx of immigrants

by Christl Stephanblome Slowly the country comes to its senses and quietens down.After half a year routine is established. Helpful is the fact that the...

Letter from Germany 8 – Visit to an emergency accommodation

  by Christl Stephanblome It is difficult to extract information from the newspapers because news is scarce. One of the newest news is that up to now...

The Ottawa Citizen profiles Almonte’s Gord Pike

On November 16 the Ottawa Citizen published a profile of Almonte's Gord Pike. Mr. Pike, a local entrepreneur, has had a varied and very successful...

Letter from Germany – part 7- Freedom and Security

  by Christl Stephanblome     A story It's a boy, the first refugee baby in Leichlingen near Cologne. During the birth an aunt of the young father, who lives...

Letter from Germany- Part 6 – Human destiny

by Christl Stephanblome In writing about the background of the refugee crisis, I will try to give an  impression of the speech of Navid Kermani, journalist,...

Apple Day in Almonte

by Noreen Young It was  a beautiful autumn day in Almonte last Saturday and if you followed the tangy scent of apple pies baking...

Letter from Germany – Part 5 – We can do it!!

by Christl Stephanblome "We can do it!" (Chancellor Merkel) The atmosphere is changing. The Republic realizes finally, what she is up to.  The stream of refugees doesn't...

Letter from Germany – Part 4- Unity

by Christl Stephanblome3.October 2015. The day of unity was celebrated, a day, to remember the way we went with this goal:Unity. It has been a...

Letter from Germany Part 3 – The problem of unaccompanied underage refugees

 by Christl Stephanblome According to the newspapers it is to talk about the children and youngsters, not only about those who came with their parents...

Letter from Germany – Notes on the refugee crisis in Europe 2- Highlights

by Christl Stephanblome Since last Wednesday, 16.09.2015: 25 ooo refugees arrived in Croatia, were transported to the Hungarian border. Saturday, 20.09.2015: 13 000 refugees came to Austria, 1375...

Letter from Germany – Notes on the refugee crisis in Europe

by Christl Stephanblome These people run for their lives. No matter how dangerous it is. Families come and they bring their small children. Young children...
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