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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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Santa has left the North Pole and Norad is tracking his sleigh.

Santa has left on his journey and NORAD is tracking his progress

Community and Economic Development Committee launches a novel iPad pilot project

The Community and Economic Development Committee (CEDC), chaired by Arnie Francis  has come up with a novel project to promote Mississippi Mills. It has  commissioned...

UN to conduct inquiry into Canadian government’s response to missing and murdered aboriginal women

by Sarah Bingham  Canada will be the subject of a United Nations inquiry by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women...

UN to conduct inquiry into Canadian government's response to missing and murdered aboriginal women

by Sarah Bingham Canada will be the subject of a United Nations inquiry by the UN Committee on the Elimination...

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Most of the time, preparing these weekly highlight listings is an enjoyable but challenging task of looking at the extensive array of entertainment offerings...

Glen Kulka visits Almonte District High School

The youngest of four children and son of an alcoholic, Kulka started drinking at the age of 12. At 14, he began smoking marijuana....

The Santa Claus clause

Those who attended Light Up the Night will recall that Santa made a special visit, landing atop the Victorian Woollen Mill at the bottom...

Light Up the Night

Once again Almonte showed why it is known as "the magical town in the valley". All the warmth and spirit of its character was on...

Birth and Death Column added to the Millstone

The Millstone is adding a "Birth and Death Notice" column. We should be happy to announce births if you will send us your notice and...

The Millstone and Almonte District High School collaborate to offer journalism skills to students

 The Millstone and Almonte District High School are collaborating to offer High School students short courses in journalism and photography. The students will then...

Vow of Silence in support of child workers

by Sarah Reside Special to the Millstone A century ago only a select few attended school beyond the age of 12. Children worked full time, 12...

"Coming Events" has become "Community Billboard"

The Millstone has changed the title of its "Coming Events" page to "Community Billboard" to extend the scope of this page to include announcements...

10 years ago Almonte students spoke with the commander of the international space station in orbit by amateur radio

 by Neil Carleton 10 years ago Almonte students spoke with the commander of the international space station in orbit by amateur radio "November-Alpha-1-Sierra-Sierra, this is R....

L'Union fait la force

Greetings! I am delighted to have the opportunity, thanks to the editors of the Millstone, to share my concerns and ideas about the environment....
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