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Diana’s Quiz – August 1, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  Who composed the music...

Join the Woods Singers of Almonte

The Woods Singers of Almonte are back...

Thanks to a Caring Community

Many thanks to all those who responded...

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R. Tait McKenzie and Naismith collections will stay at Kintail

Editor's Note: The future of the R. Tait McKenzie and Naismith collections at the Mill of Kintail has been uncertain for some time now. We are pleased to share...

Thank you for your donations

The Millstone would like to heartily and gratefully thank all of the donors who came forward during our recent fundraising drive. You donated over $4000 to The Millstone, which...

Operators are NOT standing by: The Millstone’s occasional fundraising drive

I’m pretty sure I’ve used this gag before, playing off the catchphrase heard in countless infomercials and telethons. Anyway: The Millstone isn't holding a telethon. But you may have read...
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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...

Don Lea featured in newspapers across Canada for his dispute with Almonte hockey team

Local resident Don Lea, 79, has been asked not to play with his old team, the Almonte "Old Timers". He is fit and had...

Winter Solstice celebrated in Almonte with giant bonfire

by Neil Carleton   Way up here in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs when the Sun appears at noon at its lowest altitude above...

Enerdu Update

by Catherine Blake I am writing you today to provide follow up information from our April 11, 2012 meeting regarding proposed river developments by...

Pick of the Past: Christmas in the Almonte Gazette

by Brent Eades This month's Pick of the Past looks at Christmas editions of the Almonte Gazette over three decades, in 1935, 1945 and 1955. December...

We Care: high school students help at the Almonte hospital

by Julia M. Langlois Students from Almonte and District High School participate in We Care, a group which visits the Almonte General Hospital on Tuesdays...

It will be a white Christmas indeed!

by Brent Eades Mother Nature was perhaps excessively zealous in her efforts to ensure a white Christmas for Almonte, bringing us a winter storm today...

Let's do some astronomy on Dec 21 2012

For those of you who have been receiving notifications about Dec 21 2012 (the apocalypse hoax), here's something to help bring astronomy back into...

Awesome Christmas display on Euphemia Street

If Santa doesn’t live at 48 Euphemia Street in Almonte, then he certainly should.   It’s definitely his kind of place.  Take a drive by...

Magnetic tree

by Neil Carleton   I had to scratch my head when I first heard there was a magnetic tree of some sort farther down the...

Kintail Christmas warms hearts of all ages

by Neil Carleton    Being at the Mill of Kintail on Saturday, December 15th, was proof positive for first time or frequent visitors.  What a...
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