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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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Update – Missing Mountain Grove man located

The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sharbot Lake office, has called off the search for a missing Mountain Grove resident...

OPP searching for missing Mountain Grove man

The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sharbot Lake office, is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Mountain...

AT LAST – Mississippi Mills has a beautiful new website!!

Check it out http://www.mississippimills.ca

Message to Ottawa River Power customers in Almonte

In the past two weeks, we have had lower than normal voltage in Almonte. This is due to the load created from the...

Mississippi River Power Corporation's Annual General Meeting

by Edith Cody-Rice  On Monday, June 25, the Mississippi River Power Corporation (MRPC) held its annual General Meeting.The MRPC has been busy this year. In...

Mississippi Mills Council votes to share hydro revenue to benefit Almonte and rural communities

On June 26, Mississippi Mills Council adopted a new bylaw, which varies the revenues from the Brian Gallagher generating station. Up until Tuesday 100%...

$100,000 raised at AGH Summer Golf Classic Tournament

An army of volunteers pulled off a $100,000 plus golf tournament at the Almonte General Hospital Summer Golf Classic Friday, June 22 at the Canadian Golf...

CP takes up the rail line in Almonte

Well, we tried every which way to keep the rail line, but CP was determined. We have heard the plaintive hooting of train whistles from...

Small plane flips on landing at Carp – no injuries

A small homemade plane flipped while attempting an emergency landing at Carp on Saturday morning. The pilot was uninjured in the incident at Diamondview...

Enerdu – Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority access to information response.

by Edith Cody-Rice   The Enerdu Plant and weir © Bob Wake  On April 11, 2012 The Millstone made an access to information request to both...

Valley talk – some examples from dialects research in the Almonte area

by Sali Tagliamonte, Linguistics Professor, University of Toronto and Neil Carleton, Community Collaborator, Almonte During the last week of May, we interviewed 15 residents in...

Serious head-on collision on March Road near Almonte.

Burnt out shell of pick up truck  © CBC 2012 Two drivers were  seriously injured in a head on collision  this morning on March Road near...

Mississippi Mills Chamber of Commerce holds its last mixer of the season

by David Baril, Secretary Mixmaster Paddye Mann welcomed us with a retrospective of the Mixer program that started with Dale Dunning's presentation on art as...

Valley Radio interview with dialects researcher airs tomorrow

Professor Sali Tagliamonte of the University of Toronto was interviewed on Tuesday morning, for FM radio 104.9 MHz in Pembroke, about her dialects research...
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