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Love Is in the Air: Calliope women’s choir welcomes spring

Calliope Women’s Choir returns to St. Andrew’s...

55+ Expo, June 4

There’s something for everyone at the 55+...

Popup LITT class, June 17

LIIT class stands for Low-Impact Interval Training. It’s a...

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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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Step One of the Provincial Reopening Plan!

Hello. We have long anticipated today: Step One of the Provincial Reopening Plan! The road has been long, but as the Province cautiously reopens and...

The Millstone is 10 years old!

by Edith Cody-Rice, Publisher When my husband Val Sears and I built our home in Almonte in 2007-8, Val, a retired Toronto Star journalist, decided...

Total burn ban imposed in Mississippi Mills

Effectively immediately, the Municipality of Mississippi Mills will be under a complete burn ban.  Conditions remain dry throughout the municipality and there have been...

Almonte COVID-19 vaccine clinic expands its capacity

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is expanding its vaccination capacity as of tomorrow at the Almonte Vaccine Clinic. More space was...

Library removes all non-resident fees for Lanark County users

The Mississippi Mills Public Library (MMPL) Board and staff believe the future of library services is sharing resources & information and breaking down barriers...

Lanark paramedics offer in-home COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable residents

On March 18th, the Lanark County Paramedic Service (LCPS), in collaboration with the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit, rolled out its mobile...

COVID: We’re going to Red

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Region Moving to Red - Control Level Today the government of Ontario announced that the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark region will...

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark region moved to Yellow-Protect level

Today the government of Ontario announced that the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark region will move from the Green–Prevent level to the Yellow–Protect level of...

Health Unit announces more restrictions in the area

Health Unit issues Class Order to contain community outbreak in east Lanark County In response to the increase in COVID-19 cases in east Lanark County,...

Statement from the Mayor on local outbreak, municipal closures

This has been a hard week. We learned from the Leeds Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit that there is an outbreak of COVID-19...

Twenty new COVID cases in area over past 4 days

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit has detected a significant increase with 20 people infected with COVID-19 in the past 4 days...

Community rallies to support local family

Pictured are Laura, Miles, and Brien DeVries, Almonte Civitan Club President Doug Rice, Civitan members Members Kevin Puddington, Alice Puddington This past Monday a few...

Seven-year-old makes Valentine’s gifts for 56 retirement home residents

Seven-year-old Niamh Barr, a Naismith Public School student, was making a Valentine’s Day gift for her gran, who recently moved into The Villa retirement...

COVID update from Mayor Lowry

STATEMENT FROM THE MAYOR Provincial State of Emergency, Stay-at-Home Order and Vaccination January 15, 2021 This week has been challenging for us all as we adjust to...
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