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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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Brian Gallagher Generating Station is a prodigious income producer

 The Brian Gallagher Generating Station, owned by the Mississippi River Power Corporation, which is itself wholly owned by the Town of Mississippi Mills, has turned...

Home buyer alert

 by Trish Dyer If you own a home at the edge of a subdivision or plan to, you might want to consider the ongoing experiences...

Mississippi Mills and Carleton Place waste recycling a good news story.

In partnership with waste partners Drummond North Elmsley and Montague,  Mississippi Mills and Carleton Place are completing a Municipal Waste Recycling Strategy. A Waste Characterization...

Protesting the Protesters

by Trish DyerRosemary Connell, a resident of the Coboconk-area north of Peterborough, has been protesting legalized abortion in Canada for thirty years. Ms. Connell is...

Damage to the Appleton Wetland Forest confirmed

By John T. Fowler In July Trish Dyer published a Tales of a Riverbank here in The Millstone reporting on a local controversy concerning damage...

Almonte’s Mill Street Books makes Canada’s top ten list

  Mill Street Books Those who nominated this "small, community minded shop" in Almonte, Ontario, repeatedly sang the praises of owners Mary and Terry. A keen,...

The Pakenham Fall Fair

The outdoor portion fit perfectly with this  year's theme "the Village Green" as young people competed with their heifers, calves and horses.  While it...

Dramatic event at the Brian J. Gallagher Generating Station on August 15

On Monday, August 15th the huge underground penstocks of the hydro generation station will be blocked at both ends and the water drained to...

The Boonies

  Being ensconced as I have for over three decades in virtually the same place and routine day after day, one tends to lose sight...

Almonte Beach is closed for health reasons

The Almonte Beach has been closed temporarily by the Health Unit due to high levels of bacteria. The beach will remain closed until further...

Government Debt, Budgetary Deficits and the Equity Markets

by Graham Tench and Denis L'Heureux As is often the case when discussing the economy, this is a good news, bad news story.  For example...

Transport Action Ontario responds to Canadian Transport Agency decision concerning CP Ottawa Valley line.

The Millstone is printing in its entirety the response of Transport Action Ontario to Ms. Cathy Murphy, Secretary to the Canadian Transport Agency which...

Three car thefts in three days prompt police warning to lock cars

 The OPP are reminding residents to lock their cars and roll up windows when leaving cars after three recent auto thefts. Valuables should never be...

Death knell for Ottawa Valley rail line

by Edith Cody-Rice That train whistle you heard in Mississippi Mills and Carleton Place on Tuesday last was the  death knell of the Ottawa Valley rail line. Sources...
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