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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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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...

Branch 240 awards winners of Posters, Poems and Essays Contest

There was standing room only available at the Almonte Legion on Tuesday evening, December 12, 2012 when the winners of the Branch 240 Almonte...

Dr. Louise Coulombe encourages palliative care for our area

by Glenda Jones More than forty people turned out on December 13 to hear Dr. Louise Coulombe, a respected palliative care physician in Ottawa describe...

The Enerdu Project has filed its notice of completion

The Enerdu Generating Station expansion and redevelopment project on the Mississippi River at Almonte has filed its notice of completion of its environmental self...

Santa Claus – an exclusive Millstone interview

Knowing what is on the minds of Mississippi Mills children at this time of year, the Millstone once again made a special trip to...
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