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Deacon’s bench from Naismith Men’s Shed

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

Pride in Mississippi Mills: Events in the area

Perth Pride Parade — March With Us! ...

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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New family physician and general surgeon practising in Almonte

 by Susan Hanna A new family physician has joined the Ottawa Valley Family Health Team (OVFHT), and a new general surgeon will begin seeing patients...

Almonte’s ice cream connections go back two centuries

by Brent Eades The words "Almonte" and "ice cream" have long gone together -- certainly since the day in 1919 when Louis Peterson stepped off...

Streaming TV and other hi-speed wireless services for rural Lanark as EORN adds towers

Rural Internet users will have enhanced access to urban-level hi-speed services starting in February 2013 as Storm Internet Services Inc. starts a $1.1 million...

The Almonte Hub and its hospice initiative are featured in the Ottawa Citizen

Almonte's well-known nearly-new shop, The Hub, has made it into the Ottawa Citizen. As noted by Citizen reporter Patrick Langston, you can outfit an...

Textile Museum offers space to store historic documents from Almonte Registry Office

Mississippi Mills resident Marilyn Snedden alerted the Millstone to the provincial government's plan to ship precious Lanark County real estate documents to an undisclosed...

Almonte train crash survivor proposes a dramatic memorial

by Brent Eades The Millstone recently ran a fascinating story about Ed Muldoon, one of the last known survivors of the horrific crash of two...

Lanark Registry Office in Almonte instructed to ship historical documents to unknown storage site

by Marilyn Snedden  We have just learned that the Lanark Land Registry Office -#27 in Almonte has been instructed to box all the Land Documents...

What exactly would Enerdu change here in Almonte?

by Brent Eades There's much controversy over Enerdu's proposed creation of a new powerhouse on the banks of the Mississippi here in town. How will it...

Overcoming: the night the war came to Almonte

by Lyle Dillabough Seventy years later, Ed Muldoon is still seeking closure. He is one of the few known remaining survivors of the Almonte train wreck...

Gay Cook's seafood marmite

Makes 6 servings This is an elegant, delicious Meal-In-One, perfect to celebrate on New Year’s Eve in front of a cosy fire. Serve it in...

Almonte landscapes on Christmas Day

Brent Eades sent along some photos of a peaceful and snow-covered Almonte on Christmas morning.    

The Millstone wishes our readers a very Merry Christmas

Track Santa's Christmas voyage around the world

On Christmas Eve, track Santa Claus's flight around the world with the NORAD Santa Tracker. For those doubting Thomases, NORAD, a government agency, officially...

Petawawa woman dies after car rolls into water-filled ditch

In a tragic pre-Christmas accident, 43 year old Susan Martinat of Petawawa died after her car rolled into a water- and slush-filled ditch at March...
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