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Deacon’s bench from Naismith Men’s Shed

From the Naismith Men's Shed a beautiful...

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Diana’s Quiz – May 30, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.. What is the opposite...

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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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5 year old Almonte resident Oliver Lumley-Pfeil thrives with eye-reading technology

5 year old Oliver Lumley-Pfeil has cereberal palsy but with technological aids he is unstoppable. using eye reading technology to communicate and a motorized...

Date extended to February 23, 2014 for Millstone donations to Olympic skier Perianne Jones

From January 17 to February 23, all donations made to the Millstone will be donated to Mississippi Mills' Olympian Perianne Jones so that she...

ADHS students to perform at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

by Noreen Young Six talented students from Almonte and District High School are heading off to Edinburgh, Scotland, this August to perform at the famous...

Controversy follows paintball operation to Drummond / North Elmsley

by Neil Carleton The April 2013 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal shut down Marked Paintball & Laser Tag, which had operated since 2007...

Almonte Amateur Radio Club holds fourth annual banquet

Submitted by Robin (Rob) Webb VE3UIXPresident, Almonte Amateur Radio Club inc.  The Almonte Amateur radio club held its fourth annual banquet at the Almonte Branch...

Mississippi Mills Seniors' Expo donates $1,000 to the Alzheimer Society Day Care program

After a successful third Seniors' Expo, its sponsors  Mills Community Support, Almonte Baptist Church, Alzheimer Society of Lanark County, CARP Lanark and Fit Minds,were...

Almonte cross country skier Perianne Joanes heads to the the Olympics in Sochi

Our own Perianne Jones has made the Olympic cross country team, one of only 5 women to do so.  CBC Ottawa interviews her and...

Dew Rotor from Clayton has received a double lung transplant and is moving to rehab

Dew Rotor, a 33-year old woman from Clayton, Ontario, received a double lung transplant at Toronto General Hospital on December 4, 2013. Ms. Rotor is...

Friends of hospice hold first meeting

by Glenda Jones Enthusiastic hospice supporters met at Fairview Manor on January 7 to develop a group of volunteers to assist the Hub Hospice Board...

New Rebound now open

by Glenda Jones As the Almonte Community Co-ordinators launches into its  40th year of operation,  the Hub’s furniture store, Rebound, opens in its new location...

The Millstone welcomes contributor Brian Barth

The Millstone welcomes contributor contributor landscape designer and urban planner  Brian Barth who will write once every other month on topics concerning natural history and...

EMC boxes missing

by Ted Legg For those of you who have noticed the EMC boxes missing, please know that I called the EMC and they phoned back...

Canadian Solar Solutions sells its Mississippi Mills power plant to TransCanada

Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has completed the sale of the 10 MW Mississippi Mills solar power plant to TransCanada Corp. Canadian Solar Solutions will provide engineering, procurement...

Almonte pedestrian injured by snowmobile in Bridge Street accident

Officers from the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a collision between a snowmobile and a pedestrian on Bridge...
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