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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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Green Party candidate Scott Simser's personal vision for the riding of Carleton – Mississippi MIlls

The Millstone asked each candidate for his or her personal vision for this riding - that is what they would do here if elected....

Family Coalition Party candidate Cynthia Bredfeldt's personal vision for the riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills

Especially tune in at the four minute mark as this segment best expresses my vision.

Public meetings to discuss the Appleton bridge stop sign

Two public meetings have been scheduled to discuss the new stop sign at the end of the Appleton bridge. The first will take place on September...

Missing Councillors

The Millstone received a number of comments about the absence of municipal councillors from the all candidates' meeting at the Almonte Old Town Hall...

Almonte's SchoolBOX helps build a Nicaraguan school.

byArlene Somerton Smith and Robin Morash When Canadian teens come face to face with Third World poverty, the encounter affects them for life. The youth...

Missing candidates at the all candidates' meeting September 15.

Readers of the Millstone expressed concern about the absence of two candidates at the all candidates meeting: Jack Maclaren, Conservative Party candidates and Cynthia...

Carleton Place resident missing for three weeks.

Patrick Lynch, a 48 year old Carleton Place resident has been missing for three weeks. Police do not suspect foul play but say he...

November 1 is final date for full cut-off lighting to preserve ability to view the night sky.

As of November 1, 2006 all new exterior residential lighting must comply with the Towns 2003 night sky preservation by-law.  This By-law requires that...

Joining Forces on Mill Street

by Kris Riendeau  Mill Street “regulars” have probably noticed that the windows of Appleton Gift & Basket are looking a bit bare these days, and...

CBC profiles Carleton-Mississippi Mills riding for the provincial election

CBC radio news visited Almonte this week and aired this story  this morning. CBC found that there are three kinds of voters in Almonte, on the...

Megan Cornell- Liberal candidate's response to the sign tear down issue

Unfortunately, it appears as though our campaign signs have been targeted more than others. While some damage can occur due to extreme weather it...

Mississippi Mills receives $26,000 grant to fund first phase of cultural assessment.

by Edith Cody-Rice The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture has granted $26,000 to Mississippi Mills to help fund a cultural assessment. The funds were...

Phone scam concerning kids' books.

On twitter, we have found an item by Barre Campbell that states the following: Attn CP/Beckwith residents: Don't buy kids' book from phone solicitor...

The border: The bygone days of 'Pass friend'

by Colin Robertson FIrst published in Embassy Magazine Landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after a 12-hour flight from Beijing, I saw that there was a...
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