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For sale: Philips soundbar

The Philips CSS2123B/F7 is a compact 27-inch, 60W...

Green Onion Pancakes

by Susan Hanna This recipe for savoury pancakes...

Updates from Riversong Players

Riversong Players presents June production of Godspell,...

Environment

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Decluttering as environmental action

Emma Brown Everything we own will eventually have to go somewhere. How much stuff do you own? Do you ever think about where it will go when you no longer...

Last leaves this year

Thank you to our composting volunteers of this past fall, Pam Steele, Doug Taggart, Jim Dagg, Donna & Bill Treusch, Mike Pitcher, Nick DeBoer and Dave Dittmar. Thank you to...

Climate Dialogues: Sense-making Together

3 Monday evenings in March When: 7:00 pm — 9:15 pm; March 2nd, 16th and 30th, 2026 Where: Mississippi Mills Public Library, Almonte Branch, 155 High St S., side door...
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Zoom Discussion: Living on Earth as if We’d Like to Stay

Want to find out how to have More Fun & Less Stuff? On Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm, theHumm presents a Zoom discussion with...

Lanark family business makes eco-friendly coffins

Earthbound Coffins makes handcrafted, eco-friendly coffins from Lanark County timber. We use locally sourced materials and suppliers. We even make the rope handles together...

Senator tours Almonte project to discuss regenerative soil efforts

Scott Hortop presents benefits of innovative method of composting leaves December 16, 2020 / Almonte, ON – On Friday, the Honourable Senator Rob Black...

Urban sprawl threatens greenspace

Urban sprawl threatens greenspace – solutions to make the environment a better place by Andrew Dunbar, Sir Sandford Fleming College Urban sprawl is responsible for consuming large...

Ontario communities put at risk by changes to Conservation Authorities Act

  Scott Hortop, Almonte, Ontario The Province has introduced changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, under the 2020 Provincial Budget Bill, Bill 229, that will limit...

Join Climate Network Lanark’s Youth Climate Justice Group

Want to take action to stop the climate crisis but don’t know where to start? Does it feel like the change needed is so...

Roadside herbicide spraying set to start soon

by Theresa Peluso Herbicide spraying on our roadsides – Coming very soon to Mississippi Mills! Yes, folks, it’s that time again!  Spring – the trees arrayed...

Wild Parsnip spraying and roadside ecosystems

by Chandler Swain Look at this photo and try to imagine the impact of many other nests like this being clumsily sprayed with herbicide by...

Work bee for the bees! May 18, 9-12

If you have been discouraged by the town’s decision to spray toxic herbicides on many kms of our rural roadsides to control Wild Parsnip,...

Help restore pollinator plants, Saturday

WE NEED YOUR HELP Pollinator Plant Pilot Project Saturday, May 11th, 9am 919 Sugar Bush Road Please join us on May 11th as we begin work on the...

The New York Times comes to Pakenham

by Edith Cody-Rice  In this New York Times article on climate change, our own Fulton's Pancake House and Sugarbush makes a starring appearance. The Globe...

May 3rd action for climate justice

Chandler Swain Info: please visit www.fridaysforfuture.ca I have been so inspired in the past few weeks by news of Climate Justice actions taking place around the...

The Futility of Roadside Spraying

Theresa Peluso In 2016, when Lanark County began its campaign to eradicate wild parsnip, it included Martin Street North on its list of roadsides to...

Reader strongly opposes County spraying for Wild Parsnip

Open letter to Dr. Paula Stewart, Public Health Officer for Lanark County:  regarding the ill-conceived and dangerous plan to spray water-soluble poisons on our...
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