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Love Is in the Air: Calliope women’s choir welcomes spring

Calliope Women’s Choir returns to St. Andrew’s...

55+ Expo, June 4

There’s something for everyone at the 55+...

Popup LITT class, June 17

LIIT class stands for Low-Impact Interval Training. It’s a...

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Mayor Lowry is standing for re-election

Mayor Christa Lowry has sent us this note: April 30, 2026 To the residents of Mississippi Mills: I am proud to share that I am standing for re-election as Mayor of Mississippi...

Alto: Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you?

by Brent Eades What Is Alto? Alto is a planned high-speed rail network running from Quebec City to Toronto, announced in February 2025. Its trains would reach speeds of 300 km/h...

Mississippi Mills takes top honours in Globe and Mail survey

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday January 31, the Globe and Mail published a long feature called Canada’s Most Liveable Cities. 454 cities were reviewed and the top 100 were ranked....
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Ron Caron passes away

Ron Caron, a remarkable citizen of Mississippi Mills, died last night. Since his retirement from the CBC, where he served as a skilled machinist, Ron...

Power outage in Mississippi Mills last night

by Edith Cody-Rice  Almonte, Blakeney, Appleton, Clayton,  Ramsay, Lanark Lang, Huntley, Fitzroy and Dar Lake all suffered a lengthy power outage last night. Hydro One states that...

Numerous power outages throughout MM

by Brent Eades More than a thousand customers throughout Mississippi Mills are currently without power, according to the Hydro One Storm Center. The outages follow an...

2016 around town: It was quite a year

by Brent Eades The past 12 months in Mississippi Mills have been memorable, in ways both good and bad. We've been through both wonderful moments and...

Storyteller Jan Andrews named to Order of Canada

by Brent Eades Lanark resident Jan Andrews has been appointed to the Order of Canada "for her contributions to Canadian culture as a children’s book author...

‘Jessica’s Syrian Food’ seeks start-up funding

We've been told about a GoFundMe campaign to help Almonte's Jarous family put their catering business on a more solid financial footing. Readers will recall...

Two dead in March Road crash

A man and a woman thought to be in their sixties died following a head-on collision on March Road just south of Highway 417...

SchoolBOX founder to receive award from Governor General on Friday

SchoolBOX Founder Tom Affleck receives Meritorious Service Cross (M.S.C.) from Governor General David Johnston this Friday ALMONTE, ON – November 23, 2016 – 10 years ago,...

Remembrance Day 2016

by Brent Eades Several hundred people gathered today at the Almonte Cenotaph to commemorate those who lost their lives in past wars. Skies were mostly sunny...

CBC Radio spotlights Almonte in live broadcast

by Brent Eades The CBC's Giacomo Panico brought his "In Town and Out" show to Almonte this morning for a special three-hour live broadcast from...

Town celebrates long-standing businesses at Old Town Hall

Mississippi Mills' 1st annual Long-standing Business Recognition Event an enjoyable night for all By Jill McCubbin On 20 October 2016, in celebration of national “Small Business...

UK delegation visits Almonte to learn about refugee resettlement

by Arnie Francis Last Wednesday evening, October 12, St. Paul's in Almonte played host to a UK "fact-finding" delegation. The UK delegation comprised Paul Morrision,...

Help restore the Old Post Office — vote now and often

Help Almonte’s Old Post Office receive some much needed restorative work! The National Trust of Canada is running a contest called This Place Matters –...

1880 time capsule discovered at Millfall during restoration

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster Yesterday was an exciting curatorial day at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. At Mill Fall Condominiums they are doing a lot of work...
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