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Two exhibitions opening: Cathy Ross and Hannah Cretien at Sivarulrasa Gallery

Shows run: June 6 – July 10,...

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! ...

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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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First annual Mississippi River Appreciation Day event a success by every measure!

More than forty volunteers reported to duty Saturday morning with boots, garbage bags and canoes, to show our Mississippi river a little appreciation. Event organizer...

Water ban lifted today

Effective Monday, September 10, the Town of Mississippi Mills lifted the watering ban but the following restrictions still apply: Odd numbered houses may water...

This week in the Millstone – September 3-9, 2012

A Canadian primer to APEC Appleton Museum: Commemorating the War of 1812 Diana's Quiz September 8, 2012 A beautiful balcony is recreated on Mill Street...

A beautiful balcony is recreated on Mill Street in Almonte

Local artist and real estate entrepreneur Stephen Brathwaite and his business partner Dick Veenstra are reconstructing a heritage balcony above Kentfield Kids on...

Congratulations to Mississippi Mills' Diamond Jubilee medal recipients

by Shaun McLaughlin Left to right: Wayne Rostad, Tim Ray, Jeff Mills, Judith McGrath, Jim Lowry and Brian Tackaberry The Honourable Gordon O'Connor, MP for...

Carpool ride to Ottawa Civic hospital requested

   Looking for a carpool from Almonte (in town) to the Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus.  Monday to Friday, leaving Almonte around 6:30am, returning around...

Answers to Diana's Quiz, September 1, 2012

1.  A human being with no magical powers, in the Harry Potter series 2.  15 knots 3.  The lemur 4.  The Plimsoll line, which indicates the draft...

Notice of service disruption for customers of Ottawa River Power in the Town of Almonte

  Wednesday, September 5th between 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM To allow for maintenance of the power system supplying the Town of Almonte to be done...

Obama opens up online

by Kyle W. Brown In the early evening of Wednesday, the United States President Barack Obama got a chance to answer questions directly from voters (Democrats,...

Turtles!

Written by the summer camp kids at Linda Lowe Daycare The authors watch the nest for the emerging turtles On Monday our class from Linda Lowe...

The 29th annual North Lanark Highland Games

by Erica Eades © Brent Eades With 20 pipe bands, nearly 100 dancers and some of the top heavyweight athletes in the country, the 29th...

Almonte Horticultural Harvest Show

by Marilyn Snedden The newly air conditioned Mississippi ValleyTextile Museum provided a perfect venue for the Almonte Horticultural Society Flower and Vegetable Show held there on August...

Lending a helping hand

You may not be aware of the Mississippi Mills Group Liaison Committee. Made up of local service clubs, churches and Mills Community Support, this...

Seniors enjoy an outing at the Mills’ cottage at White Lake

Jean Kidziun enjoys a summer lunch   Myrtle Crawford and Shirley Melvin chat while lunching   Betsy Sibbitt takes a dive A happy group on the dock  
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